When I really think about it, I have to agree wholeheartedly it should be in
CSS and not in <link>. This could be put in the CSS standard, and if browsers
also want to support the <link> method proprietarily for people used to it,
that's their choice. There are a lot more advantages for putting it in CSS.
Another one that wasn't mentioned is that you could change the icon dynamically
on a fully loaded page (hopefully not being abused to create animated icons).

--- Chris Moschini <Chris.Moschini@amdocs.com> wrote:
> Well, on one hand, I do like that title attribute. It's sensible relative to
> the meaning of the tag. However, I feel the icon makes sense in CSS because:
> 
> 1) It *is* strictly presentation; the icon has no "content," no added meaning
> to the user. It simply offers a branding opportunity. Images meanwhile *can*
> have content, and therefore may or may not make sense to be called from CSS.
> 
> 2) Including it in CSS would resolve the issue of having to include a link
> rel="icon" tag on every page on a site. The CSS reference would resolve it as
> any site-wide CSS would reference the icon. Alternately, section-wide CSS may
> reference the icon, meaning different sections of a site could have different
> icons (useful and sensible).
> 
> All "favicon" purpose does seem to point to CSS's intent... .
> 
> -Chris "SoopahMan" Moschini
> http://hiveminds.info/ 
> http://soopahman.com/ 
> 
> (ignore attachment)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jens Meiert [mailto:jens.meiert@erde3.com]
> 
> > perhaps reference to
> > "favicon" belongs in a site's CSS instead
> 
> Why!? Otherwise please be consequent and stop all the object element
> discussion and simply put all images into your CSS...!
> 
> I think the 'favicon' topic is very special, and I neither appreciate a
> extra link element use nor a CSS integration for it, that's both inelegantly
> for
> me. Either define a common place and name for it (as exists and often works
> as 'favicon.ico' in the server root) and leave it from markup, or integrate
> it
> e.g. as a <title /> attribute like
> 
>      <title icon="./foo/bar.gif" />
> 
> 
> All the best,
>  Jens.>
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