Website Avatar: favicon. ICO

Many people have asked me how the icon in the address bar of your website is obtained?
This file is the favicon. ICO file under the web root directory:
Http://www.example.com/favicon.ico

Many portal websites have this file.
I think its role is similar to that in MSN. It can be called "website Avatar.

Favicon was previously used only in IE collections, but now many windows browsers are supported, such as the avantbrowser I use:

Currently popular Firefox:

Favicon allows you to quickly locate the tab he needs in many windows: the recognition speed of a person's image is much faster than that of abstract text.

Favicon. ICO file generation is still difficult: it is not a standard bitmap file and needs to be generated using a dedicated favicon editor. One of my favorite online favicon generator services: directly upload your favorite images, directly generate a 16*16 pixel favicon. ICO file, and the online preview function.

In RSS applications, favicon is now supported more and more applications: for example, lilina: