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== Automatically try https == | == Automatically try https == | ||
When a user types in "www.domain.com", the browser tries to connect to "http://www.domain.com". But if the site is on 443 instead of 80 the user gets an error. The browser should automatically try https:// after getting an error on http:// | When a user types in "www.domain.com", the browser tries to connect to "http://www.domain.com". But if the site is on 443 instead of 80 the user gets an error. The browser should automatically try https:// after getting an error on http:// | ||
Additionally it would be useful to be able to configure FireFox to try the https protocol first, falling back to http if the connection fails. After all, a growing number of websites provide SSL support and there are a large number of security aware users. Perhaps a generic solution would be a "network.protocol.guessorder" key in "about:config" which contains a comma separated list of protocols to try. | |||
== Text search webpage on missing #anchor == | == Text search webpage on missing #anchor == | ||