[whatwg] Menubars and phishing

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Mon Jun 21 07:04:50 PDT 2004


On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Matthew Thomas wrote:
>
> Having read this whole thread, I don't see what preventing phishing has
> to do with menu bars in particular, or even What-WG in general.

It's only indirectly related. What is directly related is the ability to
trump all browser chrome. The reason menu bars become relevant here is
that the main thing you want to do when you say you want a menu bar, is
trump all browser chrome.

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