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----- Original Message -----
From: Harold A. Driscoll <harold(at)driscoll.chi.il.us>
To: Tom Prehm <tomprehm(at)Inow.com>
Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: "Favorites" Icons on MSIE 5.xx


> At 09:41 21-01-00 , Tom Prehm wrote:
> >        I know that this was disgussed not too long ago,
> >but I cannot find it in my review of the digests..  What
> >method is used to put icons on the local machines
> >"Favorites" menu when using MSIE 5.xx?
>
> This is very much a non-standard (Microsoft) thing, so it is specific to
> their browser.
>
> You can check through their documentation, but what I've seen has been
both
> incomplete and contradictorily. Perhaps it has improved since then.
>
> What you do is create an Icon file (in Windows format) using one of their
> software-development-kit tools (or a 3rd-party tool). Which if the various
> icon file format variation(s) are supported was not answered. It has been
> suggested that more than just a simple icon file might be used, perhaps
> opening ugly doors, but we don't want to go there, do we. <g>
>
> What is clear is that the file should be named favicon.ico, but what is
not
> clear is where it should go. Some suggest the root directory of the site.
> Another Microsoft document has suggested the directory of the file being
> bookmarked. My suspicion is the former... but since I trust you'll test
> your work, you'll no doubt learn by trial and experimentation. <g>
>
> Safe computing,  /Harold
>
> ps. The personal privacy issue, that MSIE informs the site (via the
> knee-jerk hit for the file name) that it is being bookmarked certainly
> merits eyebrows. That it is being done without upfront disclosure is of
> particularly questionable ethics on Microsoft's part.
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