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sneakyimp
11-06-2004, 07:56 PM
hi there:
not sure where to post this, but my IE 6 browser (windows 98) is ignorning all website icons. normally i wouldn't care but one of my clients wants me to create an icon for their site and i need to see what's going on.
anybody know why this might be happening?
MstrBob
11-06-2004, 08:00 PM
Because IE sucks. IE no longer properly supports favicons. Why? The same reason IE has so many security holes. The same reason IE doesn't support XML fully. The same reason it doesn't fully/properly support CSS. Solution? Get a Real Browser. (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)
sneakyimp
11-06-2004, 08:30 PM
Yes I understand that, but I also know that IE users vastly outnumber firefox users and as a web developer, I have to keep that in mind. I appreciate your crusade and I'm behind you but I was hoping to actually get some useful information regarding my browser....something a little more official or concise than "IE SUCKS".
i already knew that.
Someday things will improve for us web developers.
firefox gaining:
http://news.com.com/Study+Firefox+still+gaining+on+Internet+Explorer/2100-1032_3-5435176.html
MstrBob
11-06-2004, 08:37 PM
I gave you relevant info. You can't make IE behave. IE, as you say, sucks. This isn't like you have a compatibility issues "This won't work in IE, can you help?" Favicons are very buggy in IE. I don't work with IE, except for testing my websites, but some people say that bookmarked websites sometimes have favicons. But it's the browser. If you want to see the favicon, get a browser with support for it.
(Firefox 1.0 Final Release: November 9!)
sneakyimp
11-06-2004, 08:47 PM
i don't mean to be disrespectful, but your 'relevant info' was at best ambiguous. "favicons are buggy in IE" is much better.
MstrBob
11-06-2004, 09:02 PM
Originally posted by MstrBob
IE no longer properly supports favicons.
sneakyimp
11-06-2004, 09:29 PM
Apologies.
MstrBob
11-06-2004, 10:03 PM
It's okay, misunderstandings happen. :)
sneakyimp
11-07-2004, 02:41 AM
i'm on a friend's machine now...a MAC with SAFARI of all things and the icons work.
and they look nice.
imagine that.
Favicons are buggy in ALL browsers. Favicons work in IE if you do it right!
The basics:
link to favicon <link rel="Favicon Icon" href="myFavicon.ico" />
Path to favicon must be correct for all pages
use 16 color palette
image size 32x32
use an "ico" image, no other format
empty browsers cache and remove bookmark to page before trying a new favicon.
Now bookmark the page.
Get a image converted to favicon at http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
Read through these links for some more pointers.
http://www.favicon.com/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/...hortcutIcon.asp
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.6/