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Re: Lots of requests for "favicon.ico"?
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lugnet.publish
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Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:19:56 GMT
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It would be fun to create a 1600x1280 icon that says
"Internet Explorer 5 does not work correctly on this site,
Please upgrade to Netscape"
KL
Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
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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?
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> The explanation is apparently that MSIE5 uses this file as a
> part of the bookmark for your page.
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> 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?
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> Play well,
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> Jacob
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 | | Re: Lots of requests for "favicon.ico"?
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| (...) Sorry, .ico files have their size defined in the standard. I believe, actually, that you can make a 64* 64 * 256 colors .BMP, saved without compression, and just rename it, but I'm not entirely sure any more. Jasper (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Lots of requests for "favicon.ico"?
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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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