With the new features implemented in IE 8, the status address bar has been transformed too. The new step taken by Microsoft IE team that is not to show the address of selected link in a status bar can have a serious impact. A user will not be able to see the active link in the status bar. This looks like to be an implementation of security solution with an obscurity. Status bar is required for Link Integrity check that assures a user about the legitimate website. We are not considering the ingrained vulnerabilities of status address bar spoofing in browsers at this point of time. Browsers like MOZILLA, Chrome etc are having well designed and effective status address bars. For detail issue : http://www.secniche.org/ie_spoof_myth/ Regards Aditya K Sood http://www.secniche.org