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Greasemonkey script to change the favicon for Google to a old and improved (and less colorful one)
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better-favicon-for-google.js
// ==UserScript==
// @name BetterFavicon
// @namespace planetargon
// @description A better favicon for google
// @include http://*.google.com/
// ==/UserScript==
var favicon_link_html = document.createElement('link');
favicon_link_html.rel = 'icon';
favicon_link_html.href = 'http://robbyonrails.com/files/google-favicon.ico';
favicon_link_html.type = 'image/x-icon';
try {
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild( favicon_link_html );
}
catch(e) { }
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MarkJeronimus commented Feb 4, 2025 •
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// ==UserScript==
// @name        BetterFavicon
// @namespace   planetargon
// @version     2
// @description Trello without dynamic favicon (broken with Fingerprint Resisting on)
// @include     https://trello.com/*
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

function setFavIcon() {
  var link = document.querySelector("link[rel~='icon']")||document.createElement('link');
  link.rel  = 'icon';
  link.type = 'image/x-icon';
  link.href = 'https://trello.com/assets/favicon.ico';
  (document.head||document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0]).appendChild(link);

  window.setTimeout(setFavIcon, 10000);
}

window.setTimeout(setFavIcon, 5000); // Approximately how long it takes to the first favicon update (on my machine)

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