Peter Trudelle wrote: > > Jonas Jørgensen wrote: > > > I dislike it because I think it's the wrong way to implement this > > feature. Sure, I could turn it off manually in my prefs.js, but what > > good would it do when 99.9% of all Mozilla users still has it enabled? > > It would still spam servers with the requests, > > So, is your concern more about the efficiency of the implementation, > alone, or does the extra server bandwidth affect you directly in some way? >
It affects everybody directly in some way. Theoretically I mean; from a practical standpoint, the vast bulk of web sites will never see a hit from Mozilla, so the point really is moot. > > it would still create problems for people who doesn't know about or > > doesn't want page icons but suddenly finds their ISP or hosting > > provider's icon in the URL bar. > > You are complaining on behalf of other users? How do you know they > don't like the page icon? > Yet you know they do? > Peter