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Is there a Firefox feature, setting, or add-on that arranges it so that the favicon of the currently open web page becomes the icon of the browser window in Linux/X11? In particular, it ought to show up in the window manager's task bar. Konqueror does that, and I find it very useful, considering that many "applications" are nowadays web pages.

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Not that I need that much this feature, but I'm now interested/curious about it! Nice question! – dag729 Jan 9 '10 at 18:09
Nice feature idea. – nbolton Jan 12 '10 at 6:22
still looking for such add-on.. – barraponto Jan 12 '10 at 10:26
worth a bounty... – barraponto Jan 18 '10 at 14:12
i don't use KDE or Konqueror, but i'd wonder whether the behavior you describe works properly under GNOME vs under KDE. my feeling is that this is more a job for the window manager / taskbar than the application. just a guess, though, i'm not an expert in the interiors of linux desktop environments. – quack quixote Feb 10 '10 at 18:23
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One option is using Mozilla Prism firefox extension which allows you to run a webpage in its own dedicated window. It will use the favicon for the browser window icon.

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That's an interesting idea, and related in spirit to my question, but it doesn't really do what I want. I couldn't actually get it to work either. – Peter Eisentraut Jan 14 '10 at 16:14
There is a standalone version of Prism as well (prism.mozilla.com), but that is diverging even further from your original request. Too bad the plugin didn't work, still in the "labs" I guess... – chris Jan 15 '10 at 6:39
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