FavIcon Change.

[MRFS]

More of an observation than anything else; I had cause to use Virgin's t-mobile wifi service on Thursday, travelling north from Euston.

As a result my FavIcon for this forum has changed to a small Virgin logo - anyone else had that?

It's not a problem in the least, I'm just wondering if it is a small bug in Chrome.

[signalman]

Hmmm, interesting.

Currently, there is no "favicon" allocated to this site. There used to be one but it must have fallen by the wayside with a server move.

So maybe Virgin put their own one in as the default image?

I'll make another some time . . . I'll pop a temporary one in for now so you can see if that changes anything.

John

PS - anybody baffled by the reference to favicon? It is the little icon that appears to the left of the web address in most browsers.

[MRFS]

Ooops - didn't mean to baffle - though a Studio 433 box is now showing in the tab.

A visual aid:



First tab is the new 433 icon, then underneath is the bookmarks bar with DDave, here with the Virgin logo and then at the RH end a bookmark without an icon - which was the state of play on this browser until I travelled with Virgin!

[signalman]

Glad the temporary "433" one shows - sometimes it takes a while to be recognised (cache-ing etc) and it ain't showing on mine yet!

I don't know a lot about Chrome but some browsers will not pick up a new icon for a bookmark unless you re-bookmark it.

I'm sorely tempted right now to draw a quick signal icon like we had once before, but I have a curry to cook . . .

John

[Is Line Clear]

Nice curry matey!
P.P.

[Chris Bellett]

Something funny going on...................

My Signalbox desktop shortcut icon has suddenly changed to '433' by itself...........................

[signalman]

Nice curry matey!
P.P.

Blimey, if you could smell it from there, it can't have been that bad!

Something funny going on...................

My Signalbox desktop shortcut icon has suddenly changed to '433' by itself........................... :shock:

Ooh, that gives me a feeling of power. Hopefully it will only get better . . .

John

[MRFS]

It has: the Virgin is now an UQ - self updated on the tab and the bookmarks bar. Yay!

[StevieG]

.... Teetering on the edge of computing-literacy with some of the terminology this thread.
Now understand what a FavIcon / favicon is though ....

[Keith]

I noticed a signal arm on my work computer the other day, but the home one still just shows the default, when it should show a Home. I haven't seen 433 on either.

[signalman]

I noticed a signal arm on my work computer the other day, but the home one still just shows the default, when it should show a Home. :roll: I haven't seen 433 on either.

So much depends on the browser - some will appear by magic over time, others will only show it if you re-bookmark.

There is quite a lot on the web discussing this, but mostly from the designer's rather than the end-user's point of view. It seem Internet Explorer 5 and 6 are the most recalcitrant.

John