- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:56:07 -0500
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: TAG List <www-tag@w3.org>
On 2011-12 -01, at 11:39, Julian Reschke wrote: > On 2011-12-01 17:26, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >> >> So why, when I drag a URI from the browser bar onto the 'Desktop', doesn't the >> desktop as icon use the favicon, or the favicon in a frame of some sort to warn that >> it is a URI not a file for security?) Maybe it does with some desktop software. >> >> Should we have a way of making a favicon for an individual web page with a typed link? >> >> Same of course for phones. >> >> Just a thought >> >> Tim > > That's the "icon" link relation, isn't it? <http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/links.html#rel-icon> Of course. Which, like favicon, works in the URL bar in a browser but not when the URI is dragged to the desktop. Yes, I know it means the Desktop has to keep a hidden cache of these things somewhere but they aren't very big. Tim
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