Chrome's HTTPS padlock heads to Google Graveyard
Google plans to retire the padlock icon that appears in the Chrome status bar during a secure HTTPS web browsing session because the interface graphic has outlived its usefulness., which Google says"is commonly used to indicate controls and settings."
Today's Chrome lock icon currently oversees a broad portfolio of functions. It has become a dropdown menu that provides connection information, permissions for device microphone, code, and clipboard access, alongside aliases to Chrome's Cookies and site data menu and its Site settings menu. But Google's planned replacement makes less sense. The standard tune icon could charitably be likened to the sliders on a sideways audio mixer. It appears to have something to do with adjusting settings. The simplified version Google has adopted is just baffling.
It looks like minimalist sex position guidance or a cryptic binary reference. Unlike the padlock, it has no obvious link to any real world object that hints at its function.The lock icon dates back to Netscape Navigator 4.0, which was released in June 1997. Prior versions of the browserto signify a secure connection. During those early years of the web, insecure connections were common and secure sessions were unusual.
"When HTTPS was rare, the lock icon drew attention to the additional protections provided by HTTPS," explained David Adrian, Serena Chen, Joe DeBlasio, Emily Stark, and Emanuel von Zezschwitz, from the Chrome Security Team in a
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