local (file://) website favicon works in Firefox, not in Chrome or Safari- why?

Question

The Question

When my website is local (using the file:// protocol), the favicon doesn\'t show up in Chrome or Safari, but it works in Firefox (all on a

Answer 1

Local file:// and chrome:

For a local favicon in Chrome - according to an old thread found on linux command it should be possible to place a local favicon with the file:// if it's in the your /Downloads/ directory. So I tried it like this:

    
    


    
Testing

I don't have a apache or anything running. It's simply the way chrome can access local files using the file://. If I try using the favicon from another part of my filesystem it doesn't seems to work - so maybe that's a solution for chrome.

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Local file:// and Safari:

Still looking for a way - above code doesn't work for my up2date safari.

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Interesting topic's:

• Security in depth loca web pages (Chromium Blog)

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General troubleshooting guide for your favicons:

Have a look at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16375622/1581725