Secure sites are shown with a gray onion icon, insecure sites have a red slash that indicates that the site is not secure to the user. The main idea was to shift from a 'this site is secure' announcement to a system that focuses on revealing to users if a site is not secure. Major browsers like Firefox or Chrome have changed security indicators in the address bar in recent time. Security Indicators in the URL Bar have changed It is very likely that support will become available publicly at one point in time, and that means that any onion site may use these easier to read and remember names.

Onion names are currently being tested and evaluated, and only a small number of sites has been selected for participation in the test. Instead of having to load, you can now load instead. The introduction of Onion names changes that for the better and works similar to how DNS works. Imagine having to remember a - rather short - onion address such as.

Just like IP addresses, onion addresses are not easily memorable for the majority of users.

The onion tor browser