Favicon Animation and Scrolling Demo

Changing favicon dynamically (FF/Opera Only?) and changing/scrolling title

More info in the previous version.

1. Make this a background tab.
2. Notice the animation keeps going.

Current animation pause: 2000 Change with , and . keys.
End each cycle with "gap" (empty image)?

This demo shows two things:

An application can change its favicon dynamically, as a means of communicating with the user while its in a background tab (e.g. show a new message has arrived).
As a secondary benefit of this library, Favicon can be animated to produce some nice eye candy, using a sequence of icons. Note that Firefox allows animated GIFs to be used anyway, so you might reasonably ask, "What's the point?". Mainly, it's just easier for casual use - you don't have to bother creating an animated GIF. The Favicon.js FAQ provides a detailed comparison of the two approaches.

The demo uses the favicon.js library. The call is:


    favicon.animate(
      new Array("Icons/a.ico", "Icons/j.ico", "Icons/a.ico", "Icons/x.ico", ""));

Icon Credits: Ed Babinski