Now let us talk about some uses of the descriptive attribute link. As we develop our application, we will need to have icons to represent our product. Such icons can be shown not only inside our HTML, but also in browser tabs, bookmark lists, and home screen icons in the case of iOS, and some Android devices.
A favicon, or favorite icon, is an image used by the browser to identify a website or web application. Usually, favicons are 16 x 16 pixels and formatted as a .png, .gif (including animated GIFs), or .ico – the last one being the most supported file format.
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The ico file format was introduced by Microsoft Windows to contain one or more images at multiple sizes and color depths, so they can be scaled appropriately depending of the application requirements. Other non-Microsoft browsers adopted this format later to maintain compatibility.
To create a favicon, we can use any graphic editor program...