Meaning of icons in the address bar
Robert G.
A quick search on the Web gives me nothing
and so here is my question:
What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
I'm using:
Version:8.02
Build:7680
Platform:Win32
System:Windows 95
Thanks in advance,
Robert.
Jernej Simončič
> What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
> in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
Are you talking about the favicon?
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Robert G.
>> What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
>> in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
>
> Are you talking about the favicon?
I don't know exactly what You mean by 'favicon' but
my question is about small icon displayed inside
the address bar (on the very begining of it) but
only when a page lacks one defined in the source.
Maybe I should call it default favicon? I'm absolutly
sure that the document in question doesn't contains
anything like this:
<link rel="icon" href="xxxxxx.ext"/>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="xxxxxx.ext"/>
and also there is no 'favicon.ico" in root directory
of a web server.
For "normal" pages Opera display similar icon but
without the "R" and it's white and yellow.
TIA,
Robert.
Rijk van Geijtenbeek
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:16:45 +0100, Jernej Simončič wrote:
>
>>> What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
>>> in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
>>
>> Are you talking about the favicon?
>
> I don't know exactly what You mean by 'favicon' but
> my question is about small icon displayed inside
> the address bar (on the very begining of it) but
> only when a page lacks one defined in the source.
That should only show the default 'paper' icon (or a teared off piece of
paper in case you are reloading the page). Are you using a skin which
defines other icons?
> Maybe I should call it default favicon? I'm absolutly
> sure that the document in question doesn't contains
> anything like this:
> <link rel="icon" href="xxxxxx.ext"/>
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="xxxxxx.ext"/>
> and also there is no 'favicon.ico" in root directory
> of a web server.
>
> For "normal" pages Opera display similar icon but
> without the "R" and it's white and yellow.
OK, so on which non-normal pages do you see this special icon?
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Richard Grevers
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> A quick search on the Web gives me nothing
> and so here is my question:
>
> What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
> in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
>
It is a favicon, aka a site icon or shortcut icon.
a small image (usually 16x16) employed by the website as an aide-memoire.
Microsoft introduced them, but other browsers make better use of them than
IE, which requires you to bookmark the site first.
It is more helpful in the page bar (on tabs) and bookmarks than in the
address bar, but in Opera, the address bar icon is what you use for
dra-and-drop (e.g. to personal bar for a bookmark, to taskbar for a new
window or to the desktop for a shortcut).
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Robert G.
> It is a favicon, aka a site icon or shortcut icon.
> a small image (usually 16x16) employed by the website as an aide-memoire.
I know what it is. What I want to know is what does it mean?
Best regards,
Robert.
Robert G.
> That should only show the default 'paper' icon (or a teared off piece of
> paper in case you are reloading the page). Are you using a skin which
> defines other icons?
No, I am not using skins at all. And I've seen this
behaviour on different computers when using Opera.
>> For "normal" pages Opera display similar icon but
>> without the "R" and it's white and yellow.
>
> OK, so on which non-normal pages do you see this special icon?
There is only one (it's belongs to friend of mine):
www.ati-plus.pl
TIA,
Robert.
Asle Ommundsen
>>> Robert G.:
>>> For "normal" pages Opera display similar icon but
>>> without the "R" and it's white and yellow.
>> Rijk van Geijtenbeek:
>> OK, so on which non-normal pages do you see this special icon?
> There is only one (it's belongs to friend of mine):
> www.ati-plus.pl
This is just a favicon the webmaster has made for the site:
http://www.ati-plus.pl/favicon.ico
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Eik
> This is just a favicon the webmaster has made for the site:
>
> http://www.ati-plus.pl/favicon.ico
Yep, just where browsers expect it to be.
The only mistake is that the server is sending it with a text/plain
content-type rather than image/x-icon as it should be.
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Robert G.
> This is just a favicon the webmaster has made for the site:
> http://www.ati-plus.pl/favicon.ico
Thank you for pointing this out.
As always I didn't manage to check the most obvious thing ...
Firefox behaves exactly like Opera in this regard.
IE shows default favicon unless I add the page to Favorites.
But still, there is no such file anywhere on the server.
I cannot see anything referencing it in the sources either.
Also redirected to www.ati-plus.pl domain www.smyczereklamowe.pl
works like expected i.e. shows default favicon.
The site is hosted by big commercial provider, maybe their
servers have something to do with it.
Thank You for clarification,
Robert.
Asle Ommundsen
> Firefox behaves exactly like Opera in this regard.
> IE shows default favicon unless I add the page to Favorites.
IE has a very buggy support for favicons.
> But still, there is no such file anywhere on the server.
If you use Opera and then go to:
http://www.ati-plus.pl/favicon.ico
You will have det option to download or open the file, download it and you
will then se the favicon that you sow in the adress bar at the website. (I
might misunderstand you, i that case please excuse me).
> I cannot see anything referencing it in the sources either.
If the favicon is placed in the root directory on the server, both Opera
and Firefox would normally find it and use it in the adress bar. But it is
better practise to include a reference to the favicon in the head section
of the HTML-document.
Just like I do on my Norwegian weblog at <url: http://webaksess.no/>, look
for the following in the HTML-source code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon"
href="http://webaksess.no/favicon.ico" />
> Also redirected to www.ati-plus.pl domain www.smyczereklamowe.pl
> works like expected i.e. shows default favicon.
I dont know why www.smyczereklamowe.pl don't show the favicon, but I think
it have something to do with where it is placed physical on the server,
but it would show it just fine if the webmaster included a references to
it in the HTML-document, like he really should. :-)
> The site is hosted by big commercial provider, maybe their
> servers have something to do with it.
Maybe, I don't know. But if they include a references to the favicon in
the HTML-document, then the favicon would also be used at
www.smyczereklamowe.pl
> Thank You for clarification,
This is a little problematic for me because my writing English is no good
at all, I can read English, but just don't find it easy to write in
English. :-)
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Robert G.
> What does mean small blue sheet with red capital "R"
> in upper left corner, displayed before document address?
I don't know exactly why it shows with my pages
but indeed it turns to be regular favicon.
It get displayed upon visiting main website
of a provider hosting the site in question.
Thank You for your replies,
Robert.