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		halfasleep on Oct 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attack... I also prefer Firefox's handling of SSL issues. Allowing permanent whitelisting of sites reduces the number of times a user will see the warning, reducing the muscle memory around clicking proceed anyway.

graue on Oct 9, 2012 | [–]

That's a great point. I didn't even think of the muscle memory issue, but by having the exception be permanent by default, they got that right too.

feross on Oct 9, 2012 | [–]

The point about "muscle memory" is great and definitely not discussed enough.

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