Favicon's

[BWolf]

Can someone explain to me why when I visit a web site the Favicon is showing even if I do not have it saved in my favorites?

I thought the only way someone could see the favicon I made was after they saved the page in their favorites.


Thanks,

[joel]

Originally, Internet Explorer only used favicons for bookmarks, newer versions of Internet Explorer and most other browsers also display the favicon in the address bar.

Joel

[BWolf]

So are you saying if you have IE 7.0 or newer (not that there is a newer version) that you will see the icon if there is one w/o saving it?

[jyoung]

Maybe this will help - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

[BWolf]

It does help as I have seen that site and thank you.

Still does not answer that question why am I able to see other icons on pages I did not save in my favorites?

Example: http://www.favicon.com/

And also this page I do not have saved, but I see the icon!

Even the link you sent I do not have saved but I see the "W" there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

The people I have told about mine cannot see it till thay save it in the favorites!

[jyoung]

That is odd. I am using IE6 and when I click on the Wiki link I still see the IE favicon. Are you using IE or a different browser?

Could also be that the favicons are in cache. If the sites are not in your favorites list, I don't know what else it could be. Sorry I couldn't help.