Posted by Ed Mullen on 04/22/06 18:23

Neredbojias wrote:
> To further the education of mankind, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> vouchsafed:
>
>>>>> I wonder if it's a mortal sin to covet thy neighbour's favicon?
>>
>> People seem to hate it actually. I have received complaints (requests
>> for removal, desire for a plug-ins that disables such motion). Its
>> effect offline (when steering away) can be seen among the bookmarks,
>> which is somewhat of a nuisance to most. I simply got used to it, but
>> others have not because it stands out too strongly.
>
> I'm a bit the other way. I like it at first but would surely tire of/grow
> annoyed with it in time, like mouse trails or marquees.
>
>> Speaking of favicons, last week I realised that Firefox 1.5 makes a
>> favicon-like preview/thumbnail for pages that are purely images. Same
>> for videos one day? Sounds on MouseHover?
>
> I hope not; too many gimmicks. Basically, that's at least one reason why
> people disable javascript.
>
>>>>> Nice page, btw.
>
>> Thanks for the compliment. *smile* I lost confidence in the odd design
>> of that page -- a design that goes back to late 2004.
>>
>> FWIW, I put up instructions for animated favicons at
>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/12/05/animated-favicons/ .
>> I worked on this as soon as I had come across the first animated
>> favicon, so I might be among the first few thousands(?). It's rare and
>> unusual, so it leaves a mental mark, I think.
>
> I'm sure the devil in me will make me check it out - strictly against my
> better judgment, of course. :)
>
>

It's interesting, at least from an academic standpoint. Not sure that
I'd employ it on my site. Perhaps the best approach would be to make
the animation cycle a specific number of times and then go static (as
some of the following do). Still, some interesting examples:

http://www.google.com/search?query=animated%20favicons&num=50
http://www.999tutorials.com/tutorial-create-an-animated-favicon.html
http://www.pod1.com/
http://www.daredigital.com/
http://www.pokelondon.com/


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