On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 18:47, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 12:52, Edd Dumbill wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 10:22, Dave Bordoley wrote: > > > Use the favicon of the bookmark for the window icon > > > > I don't know if this has been discussed here before, but I think using > > the favicon for a window icon is a really bad idea. The purpose of the > > window icon is that it lets you quickly find the application you're > > looking for on a window list. If it changes all the time, you haven't a > > hope. > > In general I prefer a document approach. So I'd say "let you find the > document you are looking for". Well, I can understand this, and thanks for providing the reasoning. However, I am not sure that web browser use is best perceived in terms of reading documents. Document icons work well on a system because there are limited numbers and you can get used to them quickly. Favicons are not always consistent or well designed. Additionally, I tend to minimise or move away from the web browser when I am finished with a document. When I want the browser window again it's because I'm looking for a browser in order to go somewhere so I think "browser", and not of the last document I was looking at in a browser. I can only speak for my personal preferences, of course, and I have no usability evidence to back this up: my argument really appeals to that of consistency with the rest of the system. -- Edd
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