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Animated favicon?

Ivan | Fri, 2006-03-31 10:43
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Look at this site and it's favicon. It's animated. How can they achive that? What application did they use to create it?

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cbrophy78 | Fri, 2006-03-31 13:56

animated?
What does this button d.... CRAP!

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JohnWilliams713 | Fri, 2006-03-31 16:37

Please don't do this, for the sake of...everyone

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mck | Sat, 2006-04-01 08:10

It's pretty simple, they just put this in to an animated gif:

< link href="/images/OMG_icon.gif" TYPE="image/gif" REL="icon" >

It doesn't animate in WebKit though.

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ItalianMike | Sat, 2006-04-01 08:48

It's way too distracting, especially in Firefox where it appears in both the address bar and the tab.

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Ivan | Sat, 2006-04-01 13:33

Thanks guys and don't worry I will definitely not use it, at least not in this way for sure.

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maxmumford | Thu, 2006-09-21 07:18

can you have a static favicon in gif format with a transparent background?
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Lunis Neko | Mon, 2006-10-02 20:21

I see no problem with using animated favicons. Distracting? They're tiny images at the very top of your browser, how is that distracting? I think Firefox has done a great deal making itself compatible with animated gif favicons. Brilliant :3

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valtersboze | Mon, 2006-10-09 11:10

tutorial: Animated favicons

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ErwinVanLun | Sat, 2009-02-14 08:38

In the meantime (2006 since last reaction), insights have developed. Furthermore the Firefox installed base increased until 40% (for my site).

I have just launched a concept with animated favicons. I've created six animated favicons (different favicons for different tabs/ares), integrated with my (own) personal brand strategy. That implies that my face is shown, including attributes. On opening a page (or bookmarks) they are standing still, actually 80% of the time. After a little while, a sometimes funny, movie is played in the favicon.

Here's the site and a posting with lots of background info:

">http://www.erwinvanlun.com/ww/full/animated_favicons/

For the next step I consider let the favicon 'play' with the title or starting a sound. That would be great. But it should all be very subttle, as lots of animated favicons will soon irritate.

I'm interested in what you think!

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