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I use a browser that does not support favicon Wondering why users of popular browsers believe favicon is needed (I'm assuming users asked the authors of those
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1y ago
I use a browser that does not support favicon
Wondering why users of popular browsers believe favicon is needed
(I'm assuming users asked the authors of those browsers for favicon)
- shiomiru 1y agoPopular browsers support tabs. When you have many tabs open, it's hard to show a meaningful title for each one. An icon takes up less place and is easier to scan for visually.
- 1718627440 1y agoMozilla Firefox doesn't shrink tabs any further, but instead lets the tab list go off screen and you can scroll. I think that is a Google Chrome specific thing.
- shiomiru 1y agoI've just tried and when I open a bunch of new tabs, Firefox truncates the "new tab" text to "new" and a Firefox logo. Same thing happens with other titles. (Then at some point it stops truncating and scrolls off the screen.)
- 1718627440 1y agoThat's true, it's more without the favicon. It is configurable with browser.tabs.tabMinWidth. Not sure if it is configurable elsewhere in the UI, I normally don't bother with that.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 1y agoDo tabs in the popular graphical browsers display a number on each tab by default This might be useful when switching from, e.g., tab#1 to tab#7, using keyboard shortcut Ctrl-7