[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General

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#16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General
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 Reporter:  jane                                 |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing ux-feedback  |
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Comment (by TomAuger):

 Replying to [comment:92 azaozz]:
 > The problem is that at such small sizes (16 x 16) most images don't look
 good. It doesn't matter if they are resized in PHP or by the browser on
 display.
 Are you suggesting we only allow upload of 16 x 16 or 32 x 32 sized
 images, and don't allow for crop or resize?

 I can see your arguments for this approach. However, all the images
 (photographic or otherwise) that I have used during the testing have
 turned out remarkably well. The most common things people will use would
 be their company logo, or a photo of themselves (ie: mugshot). Both of
 these would render quite decently with the antialias + interpolation
 settings that are currently in place in the resizing process.

 I don't mind the idea of adding a "help" icon that would provide tips, or
 some contextual help on the General settings page that talks about good
 favicons, but it seems to me that it's out of scope for us to include
 training about how to make your site look good inline or onboard.
 Otherwise one could argue that we get into a slippery slope where we're
 now advising on content, so should we also provide tips on how to make a
 good masthead or background image, or write a good post title?

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