| Browser |
Platform
|
Version
|
Activated by:
|
URL Bar
|
Links
Bar |
Bookmarks
|
Tabs
|
Drag to Desktop: |
Req Link
|
Notes |
| Internet Explorer |
Win-only
|
4-6
|
Bookmarking
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
n/a
|
Y
|
N*
|
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop uses 32-bit icon if present in multi-res set. *Favicon does not show on every page unless Link tag is used. |
|
Win-only
|
7
|
Visit
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
||
| Netscape |
All
|
7+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y*
|
N
|
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop available only on Win machines. Drag to desktop appears broken or disabled in NS -8.1.2 but returns in v9. |
| Mozilla |
All
|
1.0+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
Drag to desktop uses 4-bit icon if present in multi-res set. |
| Firefox |
All
|
1.0+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. Drag to desktop favors site root over linked favicon. |
| Safari |
OS X
|
0.5b+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Favors 1 or 4-bit icon (PPC or Intel) in multi-res set until Safari 3, which renders 32-bit icon if available. |
| Camino |
OS X
|
1.0+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
Favors 32-bit icon in multi-res set. |
| Opera |
Win
|
7+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y*
|
N*
|
16×16 icon presents clipped in the location bar, losing a pixel row on the right and bottom edges(v7). Drag to desktop uses 4-bit icon if present in multi-res set (pre-v8-only). Drag to desktop favors site root over linked favicon (tested in 9.23). * v8+ no longer require link. |
|
OS X
|
7+
|
Visit
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y*
|
Y*
|
N
|
N*
|
Inconsistent favicon choice; v7.5 favors root favicon over local linked favicon; v8+ displays 32-bit local icon in multi-res set in the location bar but bookmarks and links bar use root favicon. V9 favors root over linked for bookmarking, and favors 4-bit icon in multires set when linked. | |
| AOL Desktop |
All
|
n/a
|
Visit
|
Y
|
Y*
|
Y
|
Y*
|
n/a
|
N
|
Only AOL Desktop supports favicons; previous versions of the AOL client offered no support at all. *PC-only. PC version favors root favicon over linked favicon. |