Favicon format GIF or ICO?

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Solidariti picture Solidariti · Aug 23, 2010 · Viewed 36.7k times · Source

Why use a GIF favicon? Is that for iPhone and iPad can read it?

<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.gif">

Answer

Macros picture Macros · Aug 23, 2010

A GIF can be animated although browser support for this is currently quite limited. ICO is currently the more widely supported format (including iPhone and iPad). A full list of browser compatibility can be found in this WIkipedia article.

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