Brian Bober wrote:
:: This is obviously an old issue, but couldn't we add
:: "shortcut icon" or just "icon" and "shorcut" meaning the same thing (and
:: working if placed together) into
:: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-links ?

rel="shortcut icon" defines two relationships, 'shortcut' and 'icon'.

A definition of rel="icon" would suffice.

rel="shortcut" isn't an appropriate relationship between a document and an
icon, since "shortcut" is IE's synonym for "bookmark". Better to leave
"shortcut" undefined and ignored.