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		k33n on Oct 1, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Notificon: Client-side favicon notifications Seems to not work if you use a .png instead of a .ico for your favicon.

rehashed on Oct 1, 2011 [–]

Both PNGs and ICOs should definitely work. Unless you specify a favicon in the function call, it will look for the one specified in your head. If one is not specified in your head it will use the default favicon location (/favicon.ico).

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