If that does the job, no need for the complicated solution below. Date Fri, 12:53:22 GMTįirst, make sure you don't have a "normal" cache problem by loading the favicon URL directly (put it into the browser's URL bar) and force-refreshing it. Firefox just does not ask without the "?" - with cache empty! The request shows up in the apache log ONLY when I use the appended "?". I have no idea why this would be useful, since a) I said my cache was empty for each test (checked with about:cache too), and b) I said the server is never even asked for the file when it does not show up. Here is what the server sends when the icon is requested, since some have asked for this. Chrome shows the correct favicon, by the way.Īs soon as I append at least the "?" after "ico" it works. BUt it cannot be a cache issue! First, I have cleared the cache, second, as I mentioned above, I already successfully loaded the icon file into Firefox through its URL I am unable to explain this behavior of Firefox. (note the trailing "?") I suddenly DO get a favicon.
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However, my apache log clearly shows Firefox (9.01) never even asks for it. According to the wisdom on favicons on the web the browser should ask for favicons on its own when there is nothing in the of the page. Its size is a mere 198 Bytes, so the size limit I found in Firefox's about:config of 1024 Bytes is adhered to. However, THIS issue is so strange, without hope for real enlightenment (since this question HAS been discussed so often and still I could not benefit from reading there), here is my issue:įavicon.ico exists, and (locally hosted development website) displays the correct icon. I DO know this question has been asked at least a thousand times in this website alone, but I HAVE read many of those threads, I DO consider myself very knowledgeable and rarely ever ask anything, instead prefer to do my own research. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions.
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