https://cloudmato.com/tags/browser/Recent content in Browser on cloudmato.comHugo -- gohugo.ioencloudmato.comcloudmato.comMon, 01 Jun 2026 21:46:38 +0530https://cloudmato.com/posts/history-of-favicon-why-called-favicon/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:46:38 +0530cloudmato.comhttps://cloudmato.com/posts/history-of-favicon-why-called-favicon/<p>You see it in the browser tab. You see it next to the site name in search results. You think of it as the logo of a website. So why is it called a <em>favicon</em>? That doesn&rsquo;t sound like it has anything to do with tabs or logos at all. And you&rsquo;re right — it doesn&rsquo;t. The name is a relic of what the icon was <em>originally built for</em>, not what it does today.</p>