Re: ICON When Page is Bookmarked

Brent:

These little goodies are called Favicons. The website is located, where
else??  At http://www.favicon.com/

Two or three problems with these however.

1. They don't stay. The information that makes it work is in the browser
cache and when it empties, poof !! Granted--there is a way around this but
it's a little too involved to expect many surfers to bother.

2. It only works with IE-5 and later standard Microsoft browsers. Most of
the "Proprietary" IE's seem to be missing this feature. Also of course,
Netscape ignores the whole thing.

3. The webmaster has to create an icon to provide the image to replace the
IE icon and many do not have the proper graphics programs to be able to save
as .ico. Again granted--there is a little program on the Favicon site that
can be downloaded but it doesn't work all that great. (Fortunately I had
Canvas so no problem saving .ico's)

Read over the information at the site. It's a great idea but like High
Definition TV--maybe a little ahead of the "market's" ability to utilize it.

What would really be nice is to be able to supply this icon as part of the
website and have it work automatically. But heck--a guy my age is still
waiting for the "Thirty dollars every Thursday ..." and "A chicken in every
pot ...".

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/



> I ran across a neat trick that allows you to replace the standard internet
> explorer icon with one of your own. If anyone else is interested I can
> repeat the information but I have a question. This trick works with
> Microsoft Explorer but I noticed it didn't replace my browser icon when
> using MSN Explorer. Anyone have an idea of how to do this???
>
> Brent
>
> If you're not sure what I'm talking about bookmark my homepage below with
> Microsoft Explorer and check the icon next to the bookmark. It should be a
> representation of a Sheltie rather than the typical explorer icon.
>
> --
> Brent & Sherri Chance
> Jonesboro, Arkansas
> http://www.dogwoodshelties.net/
> ~~~~~~~ Home of ~~~~~~~
> Dogwood Shetland Sheepdogs
> Second Chance Sheltie Rescue
> CH. Cataway's Patent Pending,"Penny" &
> Ch. T'HY'LA'S The Next Generation UDX,"Riker"
>
>

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