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How the hell big are these icons? 16x16 pixels uncompressed RGB is 768 bytes (1024 if you're using padding or alpha). I have just opened the page info for thi
by J_Darnley 11y ago
How the hell big are these icons? 16x16 pixels uncompressed RGB is 768 bytes (1024 if you're using padding or alpha).
I have just opened the page info for this reply page and am astonished to see a 256x256 image for the favicon. Who's utterly retarded idea was that?
I guess that answers my first question. "Idiotically large" is the answer.
- Piskvorrr 11y agoGuess whose. (Starts with A, ends with -pple. Actually, that's not true either - .ICO has historically supported 256x256x16b for decades: there just wasn't anyone making them.) Of course, there's nothing intrinsically bad about high-resolution favicons - esp. given the current ultra-high-res displays. The size difference is only most marked in this specific use-case.