HEAD – A guide to &lt;head&gt; elements

Re:HEAD – A guide to <head> elements by shakna on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:52PM (#21120759)

Yes, they all still issue several favicon requests, so far as I'm aware. Having one, instead of returning a 404, can speed up the page load. Which makes 0 sense.

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Re:HEAD – A guide to <head> elements by dyanaraps on Monday September 30, 2019 @08:34PM (#21120950)

This is how I avoid this issue entirely:

    <link href=data:, rel=icon>

This is the smallest possible "null" favicon. It causes the browser to display nothing and ensures 0 HTTP requests for the favicon!

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Re:HEAD – A guide to <head> elements by SquareWheel on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:22AM (#21122812)

Does the browser display the generic "no favicon" icon, or is it just completely blank? I like the idea.

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Re:HEAD – A guide to <head> elements by dyanaraps on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:58AM (#21123045)

It's completely blank (tested in Firefox and Chromium).

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