type__error’s avatartype__error’s Twitter Archive—№ 10,178

  1. Okay, tech Twitter: why would a browser be making an XmlHttpRequest to fetch a favicon? (it's a png, if that makes a difference)🤔
    On twitter.com Twitter logo type__error’s avatar ❤️ 12 Favorites 2021 Feb 12 Mood 0
    1. …in reply to @type__error
      okay, after the many good faith, potentially useful replies (thanks folks) that unfortunately did not identify the cause, I have concluded: it is cursed
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo type__error’s avatar ❤️ 27 Favorites 2021 Feb 12 Mood +8 🙂
      1. …in reply to @type__error
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo type__error’s avatar ♻️ 30 Retweets ❤️ 118 Favorites 2021 Feb 12 Mood 0
    2. …in reply to @type__error
      I should add, it's a thing I built in Next.js. Assume no malicious tracking reasons
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo type__error’s avatar ❤️ 2 Favorites 2021 Feb 12 Mood -1 🙁
      1. …in reply to @type__error
        I'm seeing an error in Sentry "NetworkError: Failed to execute 'send' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Failed to load <path to favicon>". This happened when it was a data URI too. Can't reproduce it myself, on any browser.
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo type__error’s avatar ❤️ 2 Favorites 2021 Feb 12 Mood -6 🙁