>> In the midst of all this argument, I thought I'd mention that I rather like
>the
>> favorite icon feature in Mozilla. I have an extensive collection of
>bookmarks,
>> and icons make it easier to locate common ones quickly. And I am in favor
>of
>> leaner, better coded software in all instances, too; but this is a feature
>I
>> think has some value.
>
>
>Absolutely! Don't think that we want to remove support for bookmark
>icons or page icons - they are great! What we are against is that
>Mozilla automatically requests the file "favicon.ico" from the server
>whenever you visit a new site. There is way (<link rel="icon"/>) to
>specify icons for pages, and Mozilla supports that as well, and that
>should NOT be removed.
>
>Just thought I'd clarify :-)
>
>Oh, and by the way: The "--" in your signature should be "-- " (not the
>trailing space). That way many newsreaders (such as Mozilla) will
>automatically remove it when doing replies.
Ah. In that case, I would think that the favicon.ico request process, since it
seems to have generated so much criticism, should be off by default but
available for activation by the user via the Preferences panel. In general, I
wish all Mozilla preferences would be selectable through the panel, or at least
locatable in a Help file.
Regarding the space after the hyphens, unfortunately I am not using proper
Usenet software at present, and AOL's lame client, based on awful and
ubiquitous Word-centric text formatting conventions, adds the space
automatically.
My apologies. I hope I'm not the stereotypical AOL newbie: since I was booted
off @Home last month*, I've been stuck with my backup AOL dialup. (I've had it
for free for about seven years now, in exchange for offering some tech support
to WordPerfect users.)
* Unlike Excite@home, AT&T never could get my connection working, so now I'm
waiting for my DSL equipment to be delivered and activated.
--
Mike Koenecke
send responses to mkoenecke ("at" symbol) alum.haverford.edu
