On 11/15/01 09:30 AM, Ben Bucksch wrote: > I am unhappy to inform you that David Hyatt sneaked in* a change to the > default pref so that /favicon.ico is now retrieved by default, see bug > 109843 (but please comment here). This is contrary to what he previously > <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108823#c14> said to do. > > *"sneaked in", because > > * not announced in any relevant bugs or discussion > (although the bug changes the behaviour recently discussed there) > * bug intentionally filed in the wrong module > * bug opened/closed within 10 minutes > > The only thing irritating me is that Brendan said: > > >>The consensus among mozilla.org staff is that it's ok for this pref to >>be on by >>default, at least until we get a storm of protests from webmasters (we >>may not). >> > > > See also bug 108825. > > Hyatt also refused a patch for a UI pref to turn this rude behaviour > off. Not that such a UI pref would help any, if turned on by default... > > To prevent further takeovers, I'd like to see the /favicon.ico code > completely removed from the tree, leaving only <link>. The compromise of > a hidden pref with default off obviously didn't work. > >
I agree with you. All the bug reports/ng postingsthat I've read have said tyhat this is a hidden prefwhich just got turned on. My question is, what do I add to user.js/prefs.js to turn it OFF? Also what/where is the custom image UI pref that hyatt keeps talking about? Pratik.
