#favicons

Herein I detail what I discovered attempting to display favicons for any site on the web.

Herein I detail what I discovered attempting to display favicons for any site on the web.

Retrieves the relevant favicon for a URL, or returns a default icon should it not be able to find it. Works better than the Google version as it will find favicons specified by an HTML page's <link> element. Feel free to hotlink, although it would be nice if you could email me if you're going to make more than a couple of requests a second.

Retrieves the relevant favicon for a URL, or returns a default icon should it not be able to find it. Works better than the Google version as it will find favicons specified by an HTML page's element. Feel free to hotlink, although it would be nice if you could email me if you're going to make more than a couple of requests a second.

A small library for manipulating the favicon, in particular adding alert bubbles and changing images

"The idea was to push the concept of generated favicons further and pack a thrilling retro shooter in 16×16 pixels using JavaScript, canvas and data: URIs."