All new browsers & mobile browsers make additional request to favicon.ico while loading page?
And from what version of Internet Explorer/Firefox, this browsers start to request favicon.ico?
They do it only on first page load or on every page load?
When request to favicon.ico take place: a) while page loading b) after page loaded c) before loading page ?
All major browser support favicon.ico. You could use a link tag for the best results:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/myicon.ico" />It started with IE5. Firefox was not released for about 5 years afterward, but version 1.0 supported favicon.ico also.
favicon.icocan be specified by using the<link>tag. You can verify the order of the request by using Firebug in Firefox or the Web Inspector in Safari or Chrome.More information on Wikipedia: Favicon