mini icons in address bar

[General Lighting]

how come you only get these on Firefox and not IE6 on Win2k? anyone know?

for instance there's a big smiley on partyvibe, an SJ logo on squatjuice, a GU logo on the grauniad - ironfeather has a logo as well, there's even a TVP shield on the thames valley police site...

I'm sure they have been seen on IE before as well..

[Dr Bunsen]

they're called favicons and they're supposed to work work in ie, but it's pooh and they don't.

[Nomad]

I ran across this favicon maker (http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/) the other day,for anyone thats interested.

[BioTech]

Apparently IE sometimes picks up on them after HEAVY usage and a long period of time on certain sites. Can't see why that would make a difference though.