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Bookmark's favicons not working for some sites. Is it a bug ?
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| for.fun@laposte.net 2006-02-15, 7:46 am |
| I am running Firefox 1.5.0.1 under Windows XP SP2.
I noticed that the favorite icon (favicon) is stored in the
"bookmarks.html" (base-64 encoded) file located in :
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER DIR>\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<USER PROFILE DIR>\bookmarks.html
(there is an ICON XML attribute in the Bookmark element)
If I add "http://www.gmail.com/" to my bookmarks and then click on the
newly created Bookmark item to open GMail :
1/ The favicon is correctly displayed in the Tab.
2/ The favicon is correctly displayed in the URL Field.
3/ ... but only the default icon is displayed in the Bookmark.
If I do the same with "http://www.google.fr/" then everything is OK
(Tab + URL + Bookmark)
I found a trick which consists of setting (file "pref.js") both
"browser.chrome.site_icons" and "browser.chrome.favicons" to "true" but
it seems that Firefox 1.5 does not read them (no change)
I can reproduce it all the time.
=> It seems that for some reason, Firefox fails in loading the
bookmark's favicon for some Web sites.
1/ Does Firefox use a different method to update Bookmark's favicon
than to update Tabs and URL Field ?
2/ Is there a special setting (Firefox or registry setting) which could
solve my problem ?
3/ Do you think it is a bug ? If so, I will post it to Bugzilla.
PS: I would like to avoid using the "Favicon Picker" Firefox extension
tool because it implies that you manually set the favicons.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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| for.fun@laposte.net wrote:
> I am running Firefox 1.5.0.1 under Windows XP SP2.
>
> I noticed that the favorite icon (favicon) is stored in the
> "bookmarks.html" (base-64 encoded) file located in :
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\<USER DIR>\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<USER PROFILE DIR>\bookmarks.html
>
> (there is an ICON XML attribute in the Bookmark element)
>
>
> If I add "http://www.gmail.com/" to my bookmarks and then click on the
> newly created Bookmark item to open GMail :
>
> 1/ The favicon is correctly displayed in the Tab.
> 2/ The favicon is correctly displayed in the URL Field.
> 3/ ... but only the default icon is displayed in the Bookmark.
>
> If I do the same with "http://www.google.fr/" then everything is OK
> (Tab + URL + Bookmark)
>
> I found a trick which consists of setting (file "pref.js") both
> "browser.chrome.site_icons" and "browser.chrome.favicons" to "true" but
> it seems that Firefox 1.5 does not read them (no change)
>
> I can reproduce it all the time.
>
>
> => It seems that for some reason, Firefox fails in loading the
> bookmark's favicon for some Web sites.
>
>
> 1/ Does Firefox use a different method to update Bookmark's favicon
> than to update Tabs and URL Field ?
>
> 2/ Is there a special setting (Firefox or registry setting) which could
> solve my problem ?
>
> 3/ Do you think it is a bug ? If so, I will post it to Bugzilla.
>
>
> PS: I would like to avoid using the "Favicon Picker" Firefox extension
> tool because it implies that you manually set the favicons.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
for #3 -- go check it out yourself: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
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| for.fun@laposte.net 2006-02-17, 11:11 pm |
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gwtc a =E9crit :
> for #3 -- go check it out yourself: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
I already did it but did not find anything about that case.
I wanted people from this forum try and tell me if they reproduce it
before I send it to Bugzilla.
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