Why can't I see the URL in the location bar when I click on a hyperlink:

That does not sound like 6.0.2, were you just on 7.0.1 and then reverted back to 6.0.2?

see http://techdows.com/2011/09/show-http-in-firefox-7-address-bar.html

Change your about:config settings to see things properly on the location bar

browser.urlbar.trimURLs change to false to restore http://... prefix

browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled change to false to remove formatting

-- Redesign a browser for idiots, and only idiots (with powerful computers) will be able to use it.

I hate to seem like an idiot, but this is all to complicated. Isn't there one thing I can go to, or click, to actaully see the URL's of the sites I am visiting? And why would the default setting of a new edition of Firefox disables my ability to see those URL's?

Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.

-> In the Filter bar, type browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled

• Right click the preference browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled and click Toggle
• The value is now set to False

-> In the Filter bar, type browser.urlbar.trimURLs

• Right click the preference browser.urlbar.trimURLs and click Toggle
• The value is now set to False

-> Close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.

Check and tell if its working.

Specific directions to change configuration options were included in the referenced article in the first reply, but just so you don't have to continue in the future with that nonsense -- Use the checkbox there to avoid the warning in the future. For a more detailed explanation of about:config and many of the entries that you can change see:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries