favicon question...
Does anyone know what prompts the browser to request favicon.ico from the server? Could it be the user's action of adding the site to "Favorites"? Sounds logical...
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Does anyone know what prompts the browser to request favicon.ico from the server? Could it be the user's action of adding the site to "Favorites"? Sounds logical...
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taff posted this at 18:46 — 1st October 2002.
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duh.. test it yourself taff!
Yes, the call for favicon.ico appears to be triggered by adding the page to your favorites. That is very nice to know!
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disaster-master posted this at 19:10 — 1st October 2002.
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Do you enjoy talking to yourself?
taff posted this at 19:15 — 1st October 2002.
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No one pays attention to me as well as... well, me!
jammin posted this at 22:00 — 1st October 2002.
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... hmm thats right.... favicon... i almost forgot about those things, they never seemed to work too well since the icon would go away in a short time.
anyone can do any amount of work provided it isnt the work they are supposed to be doing.
ROB posted this at 22:15 — 1st October 2002.
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in IE you need to add it to favorites, in Mozilla (and id assume Netscape) it always shows whether it's in your favelist or not.
taff posted this at 22:22 — 1st October 2002.
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I'm not too concerned with how well it works from a user's perspective. I don't even have a favicon. However, if the call is made to the server as the site is being added, well then great - it means that folks are bookmarking my site. Never a bad thing
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ROB posted this at 23:18 — 1st October 2002.
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actually, i think i was wrong. i *think* this is how it works, but i dont feel like testing it right now...
if you specifically link a favicon in a document, such as:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/ico" />'it will always show in Mozilla browsers. Otherwise, it will only be requested when the page is bookmarked.
In IE i believe it is never requested unless you bookmark the page, or create a shortcut to it.
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