1863717 - Generated Favicon URL is not the TLD e.g support.mozilla.org generated Favicon is 'S' from support

Status: NEW

(Fenix :: Homepage, defect, P3)

Description

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:jmahon

it's possible we're misunderstanding what populates the 'letter' placeholder - e.g., is it the domain URL or the page title?

:cpeterson

In Focus, at least, the shortcut uses the first letter of the page title, not the domain name. This seems like a bad default because the shortcut for a cnn.com shortcut is the letter B because cnn.com’s page title is “Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN”.
I suggest we use the first letter of the TLD+1 (which excludes subdomains, such as www. or news.) so a https://www.cnn.com/ shortcut would use the letter C if a favicon wasn’t available.

Comment 1

[Joe M [:jmahon]]

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