Favicon Dot Ico

On some occasions, several browsers look for an icon file 'favicon.ico' in the root directory of the server.

Browsers known to do this:

• MicrosoftInternetExplorer
• KonquerorBrowser
• GaleonBrowser
• MozillaBrowser 0.9.7 and later (it doesn't have to be .ico), it actually uses the link tag: like so <link rel="icon" href="happyface.png" type="image/png" />, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110296
• SafariBrowser
• OperaBrowser 7.0 and later
• OmniWebBrowser? 5.0 Beta and later (I think.)

What they are doing with it:

• Use the icon for bookmarks.
• Show the icon on the address bar by the URL.
• Show the icon in tabs if you use tabbed browsing
• Use the icon on the desktop if a link from the desktop is made (on Windows)

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How to Make a Favicon.ico

Using PhotoShop

http://www.railheaddesign.com/pages/various/FaviconTutorial.html

Using TheGimp

http://www.mavetju.org/unix/favicon.php

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FaviconDotIco was introduced by the MicrosoftInternetExplorer 5. MSIE4 also displayed custom icons in the address bar and on internet links. Did it use a different mechanism for this?

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The one for c2 (now showing up above, at least with e.g. Firefox) is...a dead cricket, toes up, right? :-)

See http://c2.com/ for the full sized logo.

Well, shrunk down to the size of the URL window on my browser, it looks like a dead bug. More of a cockroach than a cricket, though.

At least it makes sense: part of our job, as programmers, is killing bugs. :)