[Wylug-discuss] a webdesign query / mini rant

[John Hodrien]

Dave Fisher wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:01:23AM +0000, Dave Fisher wrote:
>>   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
> 
> Oops, bad copy and paste error.
> 
> As Steve Garton pointed out, that should have been something like:
> 
>   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/rebs.ico" type="image/x-icon">
> 
> The mime type attribute should matter, but is frequently lacking from
> elements which it aught to be declared on.

I'm confused, I don't see what's wrong with the first one.  Why is the the type 
required?

jh