On some occasions, several browsers look for an icon file 'favicon.ico' in the root directory of the server.

Browsers known to do this:
	* MicrosoftInternetExplorer
	* KonquerorBrowser
	* GaleonBrowser
	* MozillaBrowser 0.9.7 and later (it doesn't have to be .ico), it actually uses the link tag: like so <link rel="icon" href="happyface.png" type="image/png" />, see http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110296
	* SafariBrowser
	* OperaBrowser 7.0 and later
	* OmniWebBrowser 5.0 Beta and later (I think.)

What they are doing with it:
	* Use the icon for bookmarks.
	* Show the icon on the address bar by the URL. 
	* Show the icon in tabs if you use tabbed browsing
	* Use the icon on the desktop if a link from the desktop is made (on Windows)
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'''How to Make a Favicon.ico'''

	Using PhotoShop:	http://www.railheaddesign.com/pages/various/FaviconTutorial.html
	Using TheGimp:	http://www.mavetju.org/unix/favicon.php

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''FaviconDotIco was introduced by the MicrosoftInternetExplorer 5.''
MSIE4 also displayed custom icons in the address bar and on internet links. Did it use a different mechanism for this?
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The one for c2 (now showing up above, at least with e.g. Firefox) is...a dead cricket, toes up, right? :-)

''See http://c2.com/ for the full sized logo.''

Well, shrunk down to the size of the URL window on my browser, it looks like a dead bug.  More of a cockroach than a cricket, though.  

At least it makes sense:  part of our job, as programmers, is killing bugs.  :)