favicon error

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An example of the problem->

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. navigate to website www.google.com
2. search openwebkitsharp and open this website from the google results
3. FaviconAvailable() event will be triggered but favicon does not change 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Favicon should change to the openwebkitsharp's favicon

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Latest version, windows 7 (32bit)

Please provide any additional information below.

This is a problem with every website. If i switch to a link to other website, 
favicon doesn't change.
I hope the info provided is clear.

Thanx..

Original issue reported on code.google.com by malhotra...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2012 at 9:04

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Thanks for the issue report. Actually, FaviconAvailable is fired every time a 
Favicon is available, when there is not favicon it is not fired. Are there 
specific sites where the favicon is not loaded while in other browsers it is 
loaded correctly?

Original comment by tsumalis96@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2012 at 7:59

• Changed state: Accepted

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I got this error for some random websites.. dont remember it now.. I will test 
this again n let u know soon..

Original comment by malhotra...@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2012 at 8:04

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I probably think the FaviconAvailable event takes favicon of the host website.
As in this website, host is google, thus favicon of google is taken. 
Similarly it happens for other websites too..

Original comment by malhotra...@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2012 at 4:20

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Yes, that's how it takes the favicon...but maybe I should change the method to 
a kind of element checking. Thanks for this report! I will try to improve it.

Original comment by tsumalis96@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2012 at 7:18

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I recently observed that some websites have bitmap or GIF images as their 
favicon. However, ows only recognize ico favicons
Eg.
http://www.ktclear.in/kt/tech/tech.index.php?tech_id=Amazing+facts+about+Google

Here, FaviconAvailable event is triggered but favicon changes to a null image..

Any way to overcome this limitation???

Original comment by malhotra...@gmail.com on 10 Apr 2012 at 12:17

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well, you have to modify the ows source code for overcome it
go to favicon method for that (i forgot what method it is) 
and replace with your own :)

Original comment by praken.s...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2012 at 12:54