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Ivan FXS
07-18-2005, 06:27 AM
Is there any standart of using favicon.ico by browsers?

When does browsers request this file?

Can I say that browsers request favicon.ico file then (and only!) user create a bookmark (favorite) to the site he is looking?

wheelerch
07-18-2005, 12:47 PM
I'm not sure if there is a standard for favicons - it was an internet explorer thing orignally, but now netscape seems to support them also!

As far as i know, they are downloaded when the site is visited (not just when bookmarked) - but the icon dosent seem to always show the first time.

invertedpanda
07-18-2005, 01:19 PM
Firefox usually grabs it every hit for display in the URL bar, until it gets cached. It doesn't always display it in the tabs, though.