# How/why is the Straightdope stealing my bookmark icons **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277 "2007-05-23T20:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/1 "2007-05-23T20:20:15Z")
Seems like a question for GQ, its more general interest than a problem with the site. I use Firefox 2.0.0.3 and I have a few sites book marked in the toolbar bookmarks. Some sites have the little icon of a page with a corner turned down, the default it looks like and others have their own special icon, like the red and white envelope for Gmail. So the SD is up there and suddenly it steals the red and white envelope from Gmail. This sort of thing annoys me, so I delete the book mark and make another, then suddenly it steals the red and white “b” from [Bebo.com](http://Bebo.com) How come it does this? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/2 "2007-05-23T20:26:12Z")
Long standing firefox / mozilla bug that I’ve concluded they are never going to fix. A bookmark for a site, like this one, that does not have a favicon winds up with the favicon for some other random site you’ve visited. There’s an add-on, favicon picker, which lets you manually assign favicons to bookmarks. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/3 "2007-05-23T20:26:38Z")
We’ve had other threads about this issue. This phenomenon is not limited to the 'Dope and occurs with other websites that don’t have their own little icon. It’s a Firefox issue. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/4 "2007-05-23T20:32:46Z")
The SDMB doesn’t have its own [Favicon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon), so Firefox steals one from wherever it can. It’s been a problem at least since 1.5. You may find this thread helpful: [Snuffing the Favicons in Firefox Menus?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413556) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/5 "2007-05-23T21:20:01Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] The SDMB doesn’t have its own [Favicon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon)… [/QUOTE] Not for lack of [trying on my part](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=372851). If you know how to assign an icon to a bookmark, you can try[the one I [del]ripped off from Slug[/del] created.](http://web.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/uncacecil.ico) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/6 "2007-05-23T22:39:14Z")
I use [Favicon Picker 2](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3176) to reset the icon. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/7 "2007-05-23T22:45:25Z")
It’s also not limited to FF. I have the same issue with Opera. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/8 "2007-05-23T23:33:06Z")
Here’s another Cecil icon from one of our old “choose a new smiley” contests: [http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/images/smileypoll1/cecil.gif](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/images/smileypoll1/cecil.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/9 "2007-05-24T09:01:39Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] I use [Favicon Picker 2](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3176) to reset the icon. [/QUOTE] Nice, just installed it, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/10 "2007-05-24T09:27:35Z")
All your icons are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/11 "2007-05-24T16:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kevbo] It’s also not limited to FF. I have the same issue with Opera. [/QUOTE] I use IE7 (yeah, the nerds will filet me), and I get this too. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-why-is-the-straightdope-stealing-my-bookmark-icons/405277/12 "2007-05-24T19:25:12Z")
Use Opera, no problems there with stealing icons.