Re: MSIE 5 favicon bug

From: Flavio Veloso (flaviovsat_private)
Date: Fri May 07 1999 - 16:24:45 PDT

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    On Fri, 7 May 1999, Jason wrote:
    
    	(...)
    > "The request for the favicon.ico file is first done on the same path of the
    > current URL. If the file is not found, MSIE 5 will backup one directory in
    > the directory hierarchy and try again. It will do this until it finds the
    > file or reaches the web server root (e.g. if you try to bookmark this page,
    > MSIE 5 will look for favicon.ico in
    > http://web.cip.com.br/flaviovs/sec/favicon/,
    > http://web.cip.com.br/flaviovs/sec/, http://web.cip.com.br/flaviovs/ and
    > http://web.cip.com.br/)."
    >
    >     My experience is based on the following platform information:
    >
    >         Windows 98 with all available updates (3717
    >         MSIE 5: 5.00.2014.0216IC 128-bit
    >
    >     Contrary to the information given at the cited URL, my best attempts at
    > recreating this alleged phenomenon have been futile. In addition, I am
    > fairly confident, based on every log analysis I have performed, that this is
    > wrong.
    	(...)
    
    Hi.
    
    You're absolutely right. Actually I didn't test that and trusted in
    the information given by Apacheweek (see
    http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/99-04-09).
    
    I'm fixing the page now.
    
    --
    Flavio
    



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