Favicons

[Dr Teeth]

A while back, I decided that I did not like favicons, and deleted them
from my favourites.

If there anyway I can get them back other than deleting my favourites
and visiting each site in turn (a mammoth task)?

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

Those icons, called "favicons" are stored in your cache, or Temporary
Internet Files folder. When you clear that folder, or that icon gets
over-written due to age or file space requirements of the folder, the
favicon is lost. To make them permanent you'll have to find them in the TIF,
copy them to a separate folder and rename them.

The easiest way to keep your favicons permanent is to use a third-party
utility -

FavOrg http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,6679,00.asp

If you don't subscribe to PCMag's downloads, you can also get it here:
Version 1.4 here:

http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip

or Version 1.2 here:

http://www.liemar.com.br/construindoseusite/downloads/favorg.zip

Great little program that not only saves your favicons, but checks your
Favorites for dead or redirected links, etc.

Or you can try these programs:

FavIconizer: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
AM-Deadlink: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm

More information on favicons:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/favicon.htm
http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=Internet+Explorer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/howto/ShortcutIcon.asp

 

[photog]

A while back, I decided that I did not like favicons, and deleted them
from my favourites.

If there anyway I can get them back other than deleting my favourites
and visiting each site in turn (a mammoth task)?

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

If they're in the Recycle Bin I assume they could be restored??? How did you
delete them?
photog

 

[Dr Teeth]

Hi Jon,

Many thanks for your most helpful reply.

That's the difference between Linux and Windows. The Linux
knowledgeable are arrogant and unhelpful, the opposite of their
Windows counterparts.

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

 

[antioch]

Hi Jon,

Many thanks for your most helpful reply.

That's the difference between Linux and Windows. The Linux
knowledgeable are arrogant and unhelpful, the opposite of their Windows
counterparts.

They do not act any better when they slip into these groups - in partic
windowsxp.general :-(

 

[Dr Teeth]

I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when "antioch"

They do not act any better when they slip into these groups - in partic
windowsxp.general :-(

I'm surprised that they would sully their PCs to have anything to do
with Windows.

I've un subscribed to the Mandriva NG. I have work to get me worked
up, life's too short to deal with them.

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

 

[photog]

Those icons, called "favicons" are stored in your cache, or Temporary
Internet Files folder. When you clear that folder, or that icon gets
over-written due to age or file space requirements of the folder, the
favicon is lost. To make them permanent you'll have to find them in the TIF,
copy them to a separate folder and rename them.

The easiest way to keep your favicons permanent is to use a third-party
utility -

FavOrg http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,6679,00.asp

If you don't subscribe to PCMag's downloads, you can also get it here:
Version 1.4 here:

http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip

or Version 1.2 here:

http://www.liemar.com.br/construindoseusite/downloads/favorg.zip

Great little program that not only saves your favicons, but checks your
Favorites for dead or redirected links, etc.

Or you can try these programs:

FavIconizer: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
AM-Deadlink: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm

More information on favicons:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/favicon.htm
http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=Internet+Explorer

That link is incorrect. Use: http://favicon.com/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/howto/ShortcutIcon.asp

--

Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
(e-mail address removed)

<snip>

I had no idea there was such interest in Favicons. I think they're cute but
I don't find them an essential aid to navigation or organization of my
favorites. It's unfortunate that they're so easily lost. I find creating
folders / sub folders within the favorites folder to be a much better way to
organize my links. Since Dr. Teeth never answered my question about how he
deleted his favicons we can assume that he was unable to recover them.
photog

 

[Jon Kennedy]

For many years I really had no interest in favicons either - what with them
being lost every time I blew away the bloating TIF folder and all. I was
happy with just the generic "e" icon on all my favorites lists. But then
came the tools to save them, and having them there all the time, I've found
that I rely on them now, instead of the text when looking for a particular
favorite in a list - like my bank's logo, for instance.

 

[Dr Teeth]

I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when "Jon Kennedy"

I've found
that I rely on them now, instead of the text when looking for a particular
favorite in a list - like my bank's logo, for instance.

I use Firefox, and found the icons made it much easier to navigate my
bookmarks. I find it's a pity that a significant proportion of sites
don't use them.

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

 

[photog]

For many years I really had no interest in favicons either - what with them
being lost every time I blew away the bloating TIF folder and all. I was
happy with just the generic "e" icon on all my favorites lists. But then
came the tools to save them, and having them there all the time, I've found
that I rely on them now, instead of the text when looking for a particular
favorite in a list - like my bank's logo, for instance.

--

Jon R. Kennedy MS MVP/IE
Charlotte, NC USA
(e-mail address removed)

Another way to navigate favorites is to view them as thumbnails. This allows
you to see a thumbnail of every web page in your favorites folder. Everyone
should try this at least once. For those who haven't here's how: While
connected to the internet open the Favorites folder, right click a blank
area and choose "Properties" and check mark "Enable thumbnail view". Close
and re-open the folder. Right click and choose "View" then "Thumbnails". The
folder will automatically populate with thumbnails of all the websites in
your favorites folder. How long this takes depends on connection speed and
the number of favorites you have. To visit a site double click the thumbnail
or select it and press enter.
I started with DOS where IMO descriptive directory names were mandatory for
good file management. This may be one reason I don't rely on icons to
organize or navigate files. I still like DOS. I still use Dosshell to
navigate it too. My specialty was memory management. I can still get 640KB
of conventional memory from a PC. Those were the days. Logging on to a local
BBS. Uploading and downloading files with Zmodem. I'm dating myself.
Happy Trails
photog