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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 11/15/58 11:28
Duncan wrote:
> I have recently started using Firefox. I've noticed that many of the
> icons in my bookmarks change to a logo reflecting the website once I
> have visited it. This is not through any action on my part but
> evidently due to something in the website. (I don't think I ever
> noticed that in IE, which I have now dumped, but then I am not a very
> observant person.)
>
> Is it something to do with this;
>
><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
>
> I have been looking at a number of websites whose icons now show in my
> bookmarks but have not spotted a common thread yet. Unobservant or
> what? I was expecting it to be a bit of javascript but can see nothing
> 'obvious'.
It's obvious enough even in that small paste you just did. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
(I don't usually use Wikipedia for tech-ish matters, but a brief Google
didn't come up with anything that looked any better.)
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