Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

JJB wrote:

>I do not use this favicon.ico file in my web site, But an small
>number of the visitors for some reason try to get this file which is
>not there. This is reported as file error in the analog apache log
>reports. Can someone explain why some visitor browsers try to get
>this file, and what I can do to fix this?
>
>Thanks
>
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Possible that the "small number" are those using
MSIE5.  IIRC, the browser looked for "favicon.ico"
by default (e.g. whether or not the site in question
had linked said file....)

Here's a classic, entitled "the Dastardly Favicon.ico not found error":

http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Images/Favicon/

I can't say her workaround is necessarily what I'd do.  That said,
I think my main site has favicon support now.

I believe this "feature" was changed after MSIE 5.0 due to
things like this:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19160,00.html

             entitled "another privacy hole in IE 5?"

I guess you could detect their browser version and give
'em a JS popup that says "Please upgrade your browser!"

....

Kevin Kinsey