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This site
describes what favicons are, how to use them, and how to
create favicon.ico files to customize the logo in Internet
Explorer's address bar and favorites list (bookmarks).
Favicon (pronounced FAV-eye-con)
is short for "Favorites icon." Look at the picture below.
A favicon is the 16 by
16-pixel image located just to the left of the URL in the
browser's address bar. You've probably noticed that your
computer saves the favicon when you bookmark a site (add it
to your favorites list), if a
favicon is available for that website. Professional web site
designers often include favicons to give their sites a more
professional appearance. There are several reasons for
including a favicon:
- It increases brand
recognition.
- The bookmark to your site
will stand out, thus increasing the likelihood that
users will return to it.
- Favicons are fun to use,
and potentially much more interesting than the familiar
bland blue "e" that is the default favicon for Internet Explorer:
The logo at the top of this page
shows 64 favicons that we developed. Although each favicon
is just a 16 by 16-pixel image, it is possible to produce
attractive images if you use the right software to generate
the favicon — more about that later on. The actual favicons
are somewhat sharper than what the favicon logo suggests
because that logo is a compressed JPEG image (to reduce its
file size). When you see an onscreen favicon, you see an
uncompressed picture that suffers
no image degradation.
On the next page, we will learn more about favicons.
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