Re: no icons @beggining of the address bar

From: Kath Adams (kathadams_at_(nospam)mvps.org)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:35:32 +0100

Kath Adams wrote:
> chris wrote:
>> i have opera, netscape, xp2 as browsers. Dependening on how i feel
>> for that day it's the one i use. With opera, netscape, etc, if you
>> look at the address bar in their respective browsers you usually see
>> logos of companies. int. explorer has the blue e around the paper.
>> with the previously mentioned browsers you can see the companies logo
>> right before the "http. " does anyone know how to get these icons to
>> show up in our address bar rather than the lonely e?
>>
>> also i know you can take pictures and make any icon somethink you
>> want, but i'm talking about real logos. mcdonalds and the arches,
>> best buy and the blue sign,
>> xm radio and the xm.
>
> Webmasters often create a 16x16 icon (named .favico in the root
> directory), which users can save along with the site's link in their
> IE Favorites to quickly identify the site. Favicons are stored in your
> temporary Internet files. When you clear your Temp files, it clears
> the icon. FavOrg will help you get back the icons as well as store and
> organize them.

Sorry, here's the link.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,108438,00.asp 

-- 
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
Not many people are named after plane crashes

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