My understanding is that the favicon.ico file gets requested with every page. If it's not found, a 404 (or sometimes some other error) is thrown. But the page being requested is getting returned, so there's no error returned to the user per se. It's kind of like when an image on a page isn't at the path provided. In that case, the user sees the indication of broken/missing image. In the case of a favicon.ico the favicon is just not returned so no favicon displays. Most users don't know to be looking for it, so don't notice that it wasn't returned.
Cheers Kris > But the thing is that I never GET the error in the browser. If that error > was generated, wouldn't it show up in the browser window? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249071 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
