favicon.js

A tiny (817 bytes) library for changing the favicon of the page.

Live demo

Download

favicon.min.js

Documentation

Basic usage

favicon.change(faviconUrl);
favicon.change(faviconUrl, newTitle);
favicon.animate([array, of, urls]);
favicon.animate([array, of, urls], pauseLength); // Milliseconds
favicon.defaultPause = 1000; // Milliseconds
favicon.stopAnimate();

Examples

favicon.change("http://g.etfv.co/http://en.wikipedia.org", "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia");
favicon.animate([
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], 500);
favicon.stopAnimate();

Browser Support

• Chrome
• Firefox

It should work on most modern browsers (such as Firefox) but hasn't been tested yet

Credits

Based heavily on the original favicon.js

License

MIT License