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I absolutely agree. Animated favicons would be extremely jarring. It’s purpose is to identify the site. It does that job perfectly. The web is already a fricki

• nvader 5y ago
  'The Web is a Casino' sounds like an amazing title for a polemic.
• secabeen 5y ago
  I find them useful in some cases. I play board games online, and both sites I use will update the favicon (either with a new color or an animated shape) to tell me that it's my turn.
  • hunter2_ 5y ago
    Sounds like that use case really wants something like silent push notifications (no sound, no toast, but it's there waiting when you decide to pull down and look for updates from all apps in one place). Yes, I said push and pull to describe a sort of hybrid model. Android offers this, but I'm not sure if desktop OSes do.
    • smoldesu 5y ago
      I think people would prefer notifications here, but Safari doesn't support that either.
      • kitsunesoba 5y ago
        Desktop Safari supports notifications, it’s only mobile Safari that lacks them.
• Dylan16807 5y ago
  "Animated" is one thing, allowing updates every once in a while is another.