On the new releases of Firefox the bookmark icon does indeed become visible after clicking the bookmark, even when you add it manually.
I will edit the bug description to match this, as it is still a strange behaviour. ** Summary changed: - Bookmark image icons + Bookmarks don't show favicons until clicked ** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox - Firefox does not store the icon of a bookmark if the URL of the bookmark - and the page differ on an ending backslash. + Firefox does not store the icon of a bookmark (favicon) if the URL of + the bookmark and the page differ on an ending backslash. For example, if I have bookmarked http://www.wikipedia.org I will never get the Wikipedia icon in the bookmark. However, if I have bookmarked http://www.wikipedia.org/ (note the ending slash), Firefox stores the icon in the bookmark. + + However, the icon does become visible once the bookmark has been clicked + (As of 2.x) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jun 16 17:39:29 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Package: firefox 2.0.0.4+1-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 SourcePackage: firefox Uname: Linux acer-aspire 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Tags removed: mt-needtester ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Assignee: Mozilla Bugs => (unassigned) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Bookmarks don't show favicons until clicked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120720 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs