Curious artifact in Safari 6.1.3

Has anyone else noticed with Safari 6.1.3 (I'm currently using OS 10.7.5) that the little blue dot below the dock icon that's supposed to show the app is active is missing? I haven't noticed any problems with the app other than this minor anomoly.
And the first person suggesting that I "repair permissions" should be boiled in silicon and sentenced to using a PowerMac running System 7 on a 12" monitor for all eternity!!!

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