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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#24335: konqueror does not reload favorite icons
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-04-18 13:38:33
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On Wednesday 18 April 2001 14:27, Marcus Thiesen wrote:
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> Am Mittwoch, 18. April 2001 14:46 schrieb Harri Porten:
> > marcus@thiesenweb.de wrote:
> > > Package: konqueror
> > > Version: unbekannt (using KDE 2.1.1 )
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
> > > Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> > > OS:                Linux 2.4.0 i686
> > > OS/Compiler notes:
> > >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > I really love konqui, but now the time has come to request a feature
> > >
> > > I've very much bookmarks. They're all very good sorted and named by hand.
> > > The problem is that since Konqui's got this Favicon functuonality many
> > > open source sites provide icons. But Konqui does not apply this to my
> > > bookmarks. Would you please either while loading a bookmark check weather
> > > a icon has become available or add to KBookmarkEdit a button "Reload
> > > Icons"
> >
> > At least automatic checking is a no no. It's a potential privacy risk.
> > Until yesterday there was something regarding this on www.favicons.com.
> > No idea where it's gone now.
> >
> > Harri.
> 
> Im not sure if I understand this right. A automatic checking would mean a 
> looking into the bookmarks.xml file - which is privat - and a http get on 
> domain/favicon.ico. Where's the privacy risk? If this is one than any http 
> get on everything - i.e. images, htmlfiles, downloads - would be a privacy 
> risk, too.

The fact that the webmaster could deduce that you have bookmarked his site,
by the fact that he gets a regular HTTP GET on the favicon from you.

But since konqueror re-queries the favicons regularly anyway, when
simply browsing, this wouldn't mean much.

Anyway, I'm in favor of a "Reload icons" item, to avoid overwriting icons
that the user could have set manually (not everything has to be a favicon!).

The problem is that although I wrote keditbookmarks I have no clue
about the favicon stuff so I need some input/code from Malte/Carsten :)

-- 
David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/, http://www.konqueror.org/
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