| Browser | Platform |
Version |
Activated by: |
URL Bar |
Links
Bar |
Bookmarks |
Tabs |
Drag to Desktop: | Req Link |
Notes |
| AOL Desktop | All |
n/a |
Visit |
Y |
Y* |
Y |
Y* |
n/a |
N |
Only AOL Desktop supports favicons; previous versions of the AOL client offered no support at all. *PC-only. PC version favors root favicon over linked favicon. |
| Camino | OS X |
1.0+ |
Visit |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. |
| Chrome | Mac/Win |
1.0+ |
Visit |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. |
| Firefox | All |
1.0+ |
Visit |
Y |
Y* |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop favors site root over linked favicon. Links Bar icons show only on Windows versions until Firefox 4. |
| Internet Explorer | Win-only |
4-6 |
Bookmarking |
Y |
Y |
Y |
n/a |
Y |
N* |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop uses 32-bit icon if present in multi-res set. *Favicon does not show on every page unless Link tag is used. Fully qualified path to favicon required if not on root. |
Win-only |
7+ |
Visit |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
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| Mozilla | All |
1.0+ |
Visit |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Drag to desktop uses 4-bit icon if present in multi-res set. |
| Netscape | All |
7+ |
Visit |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y* |
N |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop available only on Win machines. Drag to desktop appears broken or disabled in NS -8.1.2 but returns in v9. |
| Opera | Win |
7+ |
Visit |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y* |
N* |
16x16 icon presents clipped in the location bar, losing a pixel row on the right and bottom edges(v7). Drag to desktop uses 4-bit icon if present in multi-res set (pre-v8-only). Drag to desktop favors site root over linked favicon (tested in 9.23). * v8+ no longer require link. |
OS X |
7+ |
Visit |
Y |
Y |
Y* |
Y* |
N |
N* |
Inconsistent favicon choice; v7.5 favors root favicon over local linked favicon; v8+ displays 32-bit local icon in multi-res set in the location bar but bookmarks and links bar use root favicon. V9 favors root over linked for bookmarking, and favors 4-bit icon in multires set when linked. | |
| Safari | OS X |
0.5b+ |
Visit |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Favors 1 or 4-bit icon (PPC or Intel) in multi-res set until Safari 3, which renders 32-bit icon if available. |
Win |
3+ |
Visit |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set if available. |
Favicon test: [no link tag] [uses link tag] [Info and comments]
root: local:
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Thanks,
Lewis