Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 03/19/07 16:25

Anze wrote:
>> Umm... Microsoft *invented* the little things. By definition, Microsoft's
>> fay of handling favicons is the right way. If other browsers differ, then
>> they are wrong.
>
> Of course you are right - to some point. MS handling is the correct way in
> your sense of the word, but it is not the _expected_ way.
>
> IE is very picky and sometimes doesn't change favicons and sometimes doesn't
> show them. The favicons are still OK, just IE decides that it doesn't want
> to show them.
>

<=MSIE6 (Not sure about 7), you have to bookmark a page for the favicon
to show. Also <=MSIE6 are strict on to format,at least use to be, 16x16
4-bit icon only whereas other browsers will allow PNG, GIF, JPG and more
colors and multiple-format icons without any trouble.


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Take care,

Jonathan
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