#Favicon popup window android

htaccess or server directives, set the file Expires header a month or two in the future. I made a black and white one under 200 bytes. You can stop the browser requesting favicon.ico when a user returns to your site, by getting it to stay in the browser cache.įirst, provide a small favicon.ico image, could be blank, but as small as possible. htaccess or server directives to deny access to favicon.ico, but the server will send an access denied reply to the browser and this still slows page access. I left out the 'shortcut' name from the 'rel' attribute value since that's only for older IE and versions of IE So here is the new one that should cover all recent browsers. I tested on Firefox 27 and it doesn't work while it still work on Webkit/Chrome. The following uses data URI and can be used to avoid fake favicon requests: įrom the comments (jpic) it looks like Firefox >= 25 doesn't like the above syntax anymore.

'GET /apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png HTTP/1.1' 404 197

Worst yet, in Chrome and Android an IFRAME will generate 3 requests for favicons: 'GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1' 404 183 For example an IFRAME would request a favicon without showing it. However it is not always desired and sometime developers need a way to avoid the extra payload. I will first say that having a favicon in a Web page is a good thing (normally).

#Favicon popup window android