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FireFox 3.6 - 9 drops favicon when changing window.location

Problem exists only on FireFox (from 3.6 up to current 9), other browsers are fine. My code looks like this:

jQuery.extend({
    AnchorFromUrl : function(url) {
        var anchor = url.substr(1).replace('.html','');
        $.fizzer_anchor = anchor;
        window.location.hash = anchor;
        return anchor;
    }
});

The most weird thing is that if I place an alert before the window.location.hash = anchor; line, after clicking Ok favicon doesn't disappear, remove that alert() and you get your favicon disappearing.

Note: it also drops the favicon if you just do window.location = something.

Solution

  • I noticed this behaviour, too. Every now and then Firefox drops a favicon or it refuses to put the favicon alongside my bookmark. I think this is a Firefox bug.

    To workaround this (and for other functionality), I installed the Favicon Picker add-on. Of course, this doesn't solve your problem on other computers, like clients and the like.