Will browsers request /favicon.ico or <link> first?
I want to set a favicon to be requested from a static file server instead of the main web server for performance optimization. If I specify a <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://cdn.site.com/favicon.ico"> but also have a /favicon.ico in my site root as a fallback, which will browsers prefer? Will browsers (and which?) still look for /favicon.ico , making the move to a static file server useless? I did the test suggested above. I placed a /favicon.ico in the root of a domain, and a link, and fired up the page in: Opera 10 Opera 9.64 Firefox 3.5 IE 6 IE 7 IE 8 Safari 4 They all showed the