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Re: Lots of requests for "favicon.ico"?
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Date: 
Thu, 27 May 1999 21:05:59 GMT
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On Thu, 27 May 1999 14:10:10 GMT, sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk (Jacob Sparre
Andersen) wrote:

Have any of you noticed the sudden appearance of lots of
requests for a file name "favicon.ico" on your web sites?

The explanation is apparently that MSIE5 uses this file as a
part of the bookmark for your page.

I think it could be fun to support this feature, but does
any of you know a (Linux, AIX, DOS, or Digital Unix) program
that can convert ordinary image file formats (such as PPM,
PNG, and GIF) to the MS icon file format?

Image Magick says it can handle ICO format.

<http://www.wizards.dupont.com/magick/>

Steve



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Have any of you noticed the sudden appearance of lots of requests for a file name "favicon.ico" on your web sites? The explanation is apparently that MSIE5 uses this file as a part of the bookmark for your page. I think it could be fun to support (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.publish)

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