Favicons

[david83]

On my home screen, how can I get a bookmark to display the websites favicon instead of the default red flag icon? Sometimes it works, most of the time is doesn't. Has it got something to do with the website in question? e.g. Engadget favicon is displayed but with Amazon I get the red flag.

 

[Darkseas]

On my home screen, how can I get a bookmark to display the websites favicon instead of the default red flag icon? Sometimes it works, most of the time is doesn't. Has it got something to do with the website in question? e.g. Engadget favicon is displayed but with Amazon I get the red flag.

I'd guess this is a browser issue, specifically how the browser deals with the code for the icon in the web page's header.

Endgadget uses standard code for the shortcut icon:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="[URL="http://androidforums.com/view-source:http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/favicon.ico"]http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/favicon.ico[/URL]" />

Amazon uses no such code. I'm guessing they simply place favicon.ico in the root directory of the web site since most browsers will detect it there. Both IE and Firefox display the icon for both sites, so clearly the browser you're using (the default one?) doesn't like whatever Amazon is doing.

 

[david83]

Ah thanks for that answer, much appreciated So is there a browser on the market that will always display the favicon? or is it always going to be a case of it might/might not?

 

[Darkseas]

So is there a browser on the market that will always display the favicon? or is it always going to be a case of it might/might not?

Don't know why I guessed about what Amazon does, except that I was tired when I replied. It's easily checked. They do put it in the home directory.

http://www.amazon.com/favicon.ico

I'd guess Firefox will always do it, but I can't say for sure because my phone doesn't have an ARM 7 processor to run it.

Other popular browsers are Opera and Dolphin. However, even if they do correctly show the icon, you might find them objectionable in other ways. They're free, so you can easily give them a try.