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I have a website that I've just uploaded onto the Internet. When I browse to the site using Firefox 3.0.1 on Ubuntu I don't see the favicon; Firefox 3.0.1 on WinXP does display it.

Why isn't the favicon displaying under Ubuntu? It's a favicon.ico file in the root directory, not referenced in the meta tags; would it work better as a GIF?

Josh
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Previously, there was no favicon. The browser cached the lack of favicon. Clear the Firefox cache, and all is well.

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Try taking a look at this previous Question, which shows you must put two meta tags in your html in order for it to work across all browsers and operating systems.

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