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This is totaly strange

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by michael jay

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mostly use FF but had a need for IE7 and stopped at TR while I was on IE7 and saw this

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Is it just me or has anyone seen this silly smiley face icon instead of the TR Flag as well.

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by michael jay

talking about the funny face, when in FF I see the TR flag icon, and in the past with IE7 I also saw the TR flag icon.

Now I see A funny face, not complaining just saying. That is odd.

by tig2

Is techrepublic.com.com. Has been that way forever.

The icon? That is a new one. I have a little TR flag.

Yes. Very strange.

Edited because I should have said more the first time.

by michael jay

I guess that I was not totaly clear on what I was showing. Yes the silly Smiling guy.

Odd indeed

by the scummy one

I understood it properly. I didnt think you were talking about the double coms.

Unfortunately, in IE6, I see an IE symbol, in FF I see the TR flag. You sure you didnt do it yourself??? :^0

I think HAL took over your system :0

by charliespencer

can get Sarah Palin. I get the flag in FF. In IE7, all I get is the IE round blue E icon. I have cookies disabled in IE and was prompted to allow a cookie from revasi.net, whomever they might be. Maybe that's a clue.

by michael jay

But I cleared cookies and all and it is still there, even rebooted, no help. Actually it looks kinda cool.

Have never given it much thought but most sites put up an icon, guess that is a cookie.

No mater, perhaps I will mess with it tomorrow.

by jaqui

is the file name in Apache to have a site specific icon.

It's a very small bit of branding that helps to mark the site as being the correct domain.

My cookie settings:
reject 3rd party cookies.
allow from site with explicit privacy setting [ aka privacy statement. ]
allow session cookies
all others are rejected.

edit to add:
I have the TR Flag in seamonkey, the only browser I use to come here..

by michael jay

changed cookie settings and smiley guy is gone, now it shows the e of IE as the icon.

Changed cookie settings back to as before and no smiley guy but the e as the icon.

Whats up with that? I don't think that should have fixed it.

Thanks Jaqui, guess that is why you make the big bucks.

by seanferd

You may have to go in manually, as favicon.ico generally survive a cache-clearing event. As they are all named the same excepting a [number] at the end, the browser may become confused.

by seanferd

Sorry, I missed this bit before I answered below. Anyway, favicons do not delete (among some other things) when emptying temporary internet files. Killing cookies may have cleared the path to the wrong icon.

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