# The Straight Dope needs an icon. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808 "2006-12-12T13:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/1 "2006-12-12T13:52:32Z")
I don’t know if this is particular to the Internet Explorer browser (yes some people actually use the browser of Satan himself) or if it shows up in all browsers, but I’ve noticed that when visiting most websites there is some icon or symbol for the site in the browser bar. CBS, Wiki, and even tshirthell all have them. I therefore posit that the Straight Dope needs an icon. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/2 "2006-12-12T14:03:24Z")
I suggest the Eye In The Pyramd… ,for no particular reason. [sub]fnord . . . . . . . . [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/3 "2006-12-12T15:51:11Z")
Since the browser bokmark icon is so small, we can’t use a picture of a person. Otherwise, I’d suggest **Cecil** himself. Instead, I suggest the letters SD in the same colors and font used in the site banner. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/4 "2006-12-12T16:01:35Z")
Didn’t we have a favicon at some time in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/5 "2006-12-12T17:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Didn’t we have a favicon at some time in the past? [/QUOTE] I think so too, though possibly just on [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com). ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/6 "2006-12-12T19:06:31Z")
I suggest an icon of a blank page, with one corner dog-eared. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/7 "2006-12-13T05:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] I suggest an icon of a blank page, with one corner dog-eared. [/QUOTE] Heh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/8 "2006-12-13T05:23:05Z")
I like the Torch icon used by the CoX Supergroud CECIL. Easily shrinkable to the proper size, capture the whole fighting ignorance thing… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/9 "2006-12-13T05:28:09Z")
[http://www.christithomas.com/images/troll.jpg](http://www.christithomas.com/images/troll.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-needs-an-icon/383808/10 "2006-12-13T13:18:19Z")
How about [THIS ONE](http://www.russian-arts.com/products/icons/icons_images/icon_002.jpg)? Icons like this have been popular in Russia for, oh, centuries. 😉🙂