locked Re: Favicon?
On Jan 17, 2020, at 9:36 PM, Laurence Marks <marks@bellsouth.net> wrote:Do we really trust or want these... "Due to the need to always check for it in a fixed location, the favicon can lead to artificially slow page-load time and unnecessary 404 entries in the server log if it is nonexistent.[6] The W3C did not standardize the rel-attribute, so there are other keywords such as shortcut icon that are also accepted by the user agent. Favicons are often manipulated as part of phishing or eavesdropping attacks against HTTPS webpages." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon#Limitations_and_criticism
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