On some occasions, several browsers look for an icon file 'favicon.ico' in the root directory of the server.
Browsers known to do this:
- MicrosoftInternetExplorer
- KonquerorBrowser
- GaleonBrowser
- MozillaBrowser 0.9.7 and later (it doesn't have to be .ico), it actually uses the link tag: like so <link rel="icon" href="happyface.png" type="image/png" />, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110296
- SafariBrowser
- OperaBrowser 7.0 and later
- OmniWebBrowser 5.0 Beta and later (I think.)
What they are doing with it:
- Use the icon for bookmarks.
- Show the icon on the address bar by the URL.
- Show the icon in tabs if you use tabbed browsing
- Use the icon on the desktop if a link from the desktop is made (on Windows)
How to Make a Favicon.ico
- Using PhotoShop
- http://www.railheaddesign.com/pages/various/FaviconTutorial.html
- Using TheGimp
- http://www.mavetju.org/unix/favicon.php
FaviconDotIco was introduced by the MicrosoftInternetExplorer 5. MSIE4 also displayed custom icons in the address bar and on internet links. Did it use a different mechanism for this?
The one for c2 (now showing up above, at least with e.g. Firefox) is...a dead cricket, toes up, right? :-)
See http://c2.com/ for the full sized logo.
Well, shrunk down to the size of the URL window on my browser, it looks like a dead bug. More of a cockroach than a cricket, though.
At least it makes sense: part of our job, as programmers, is killing bugs. :)