[Clipart] logo contest

[Alan Horkan]

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Tobias Jakobs wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:08:17 +0200
> From: Tobias Jakobs <tobias.jakobs at web.de>
> To: Alan Horkan <horkana at maths.tcd.ie>
> Cc: clipart at freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Clipart] logo contest
>
> Am Fr, den 20.08.2004 schrieb Alan Horkan um 18:13:
> > > > as we do not provide an application, i believe we don't care very much
> > > > about the logo used as icon
> >
> > i think we might later on and I'd rather play it safe,
> > and I also happen to prefer simpler more distinct designs.
> >
> > > We will need it as  favicon.
> >
> > I dont think we really need a favicon,
> > and i think it would be particularly bizarre if you did not at least use
> > PNG.  given that we are trying to support open standards it would be nuts
> > to use the Microsoft ICO format (it is also a pain in the ass to
> > reliably produce compatible ICO files without using Microsoft Software, I
> > have had terrible results using anything except Visual Studio to produce
> > favicons).
> >
>
> You can use PNGs as favicons, just use:
>
> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.png" type="image/png" />

I know.

What I was saying that we should probably not worry about favicons,
but if we do we should do them only in PNG.

- Alan