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Comment by shakna | Hacker News Reader

Yes, they all still issue several favicon requests, so far as I'm aware. Having one, instead of returning a 404, can speed up the page load. Which makes 0 sense.

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This is how I avoid this issue entirely:

    <link href=data:, rel=icon>

This is the smallest possible "null" favicon. It causes the browser to display nothing and ensures 0 HTTP requests for the favicon!

Does the browser display the generic "no favicon" icon, or is it just completely blank? I like the idea.

It's completely blank (tested in Firefox and Chromium).

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