[THRIFT-3153] Feather logo not shown in IE (but on staging site)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Component/s: Website

Environment

IE 11 on Windows 8.1

• Assignee: Jens Geyer
• Reporter: Jens Geyer
• Created: 14/May/15 20:43
• Updated: 27/Jan/20 09:38
• Resolved: 27/Jan/20 09:38

Description

The Apache Feather logo looks broken in IE when looking at the public web site, but is shown correctly at the staging site.

Links to check:

• https://thrift.apache.org/static/images/favicon.ico
• http://thrift.staging.apache.org/static/images/favicon.ico

A possible reason is the MIME type which the web server delivers to the browser. The staging site delivers the favicon.ico as image/x-icon, but the public website as image/vnd.microsoft.icon. Ironically, the latter seems not to be understand by IE, as this SO posting seems to confirm.

Conclusion:
We should change the MIME type to image/x-icon to match the staging site.