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is it possible that NetNewsWire (possibly other rss readers as well) don't show the favicon for https://news.ycombinator.com/rss https://news.ycombinator.com/rs

by slymax 3y ago

is it possible that NetNewsWire (possibly other rss readers as well) don't show the favicon for https://news.ycombinator.com/rss https://news.ycombinator.com/rss anymore because of this change? I noticed this a few days ago

dang 3y ago
HN is still serving the orange Y for favicons. Only the Y to the left of "Hacker News" in the top bar now has a transparent background. However, there was a brief period where we were serving the transparent Y for favicons before I noticed that and corrected it; I wonder if the transparent Y somehow got into a cache? Is there a way to force-refresh?
- slymax 3y ago
  Unfortunately the issue still persists and it doesn't seem to be related to caching. I think the problem might be that NetNewsWire doesn't support SVG favicons (/y18.svg) and that /favicon.ico isn't available as a fallback. Were there any changes regarding these files recently?
  - dang 3y ago
    There were! That would likely be the issue then. What do I need to do to make /favicon.ico available as a fallback?
    - slymax 3y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/favicon.ico https://news.ycombinator.com/favicon.ico would need to return the favicon instead of 404 Not Found
      - dang 3y ago
        I've put it back. Does it work now?
        slymax 3y ago
        Yes, it's working again. Thank you!