> I'll repeat my original question, in case anyone forgot or wasn't > listening: What, if anything, can those of us opposed to automatic > favicon fetching do to get it removed?
One thing that you can do is to get some numbers on how you are hurt by the favicon fetching. I have provided some formulas in the bug and in this newsgroup how to calculate how many requests a server should get for non-existing /favicon.ico files: If you are worried that the favicon fetching will make your errorlogs unreadables by filling them with requests for /favicon.ico, then use the formulas to compare how many /favicon.ico request you'll get and compare that to the size of your normal errorlog. If you are worried that the /favicon.ico requests will cost you extra bandwidth then multiply the number of requests with the size of a request and compare that to your normal server-load. If you are worried that your errorfiles will eat up your serverspace then multiply the number of errorlog entries with the size of each entry and then multiply by the cost from your service provider. You get the idea. And get all your site-owning-friends to calculate these numbers on thier servers too, the more and bigger servers we get numbers for, the better. I have requested this before both in this newsgroup and in the bug, but I assume you just missed it in the general flod of spam in the bug, right? Which is understandable. Anyway, if you have trouble with understanding the formulas in the, then feel free to mail me personally or ask in the bug (I personally don't read newsgroups). Regards, Jonas Sicking
