Re: [cobalt-users] Todays giggle

["Brian Curtis" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>


> Dom,
>
> > Serious question - what is "favicon.ico" that so many browsers are
looking
> for?
>
> favicon.ico is a windows icon file that when placed in the root directory,
> makes the bookmarks appear with that icon and not with the windows
standard
> symbol / icon.
> This only works for very recent versions of IE 5.x
>
> You can try it yourself:
> Open http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois in a new version
of
> your IE browser, and then add that page to your favorites. Then close the
> browser and reopen it and look in the bookmarks -- move your mouse over
the
> bookmark itself and wait a few seconds -- tataa -- a new icon will appear
> and from now this particular bookmark will have this special icon.
>
> Fathi

You can also accomplish the viewing of the favicon image by clicking and
dragging the little 'e' in the Address bar to your desktop...give it a
second or two and the generic icon should change to whatever the web
developer intended it to be.

BC