I am running Firefox as my default browser — currently 78.4.0esr, the latest available version for OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.
Over the past several versions some of my bookmark favicons — for no apparent reason — have haphazardly disappeared, only to be replaced by a generic "globe" favicon.
Normally, one would expect the favicon would be refreshed simply by accessing the bookmark (ie, bookmark's destination) but that has not been the case.
All attempts to remedy the problem (eg, close and restart Firefox) have not resolved the problem.
Examining the favicon configuration items (3 in total) leads nowhere.
Most remedies for this apparently frequent phenomenon are hopelessly out-of-date, as any internet search will illustrate.
A bygone solution was to install an add-on extension (Favicon Reloader) which is no longer available — check out
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/faviconreloader/ .
The only ostensible solution is to delete the sqlite file where such favicons reside, but then all favicons would be deleted and only restorable by individually accessing every website — a wholly untenable solution (with hundreds of bookmarks). Cluster bombing is
not a viable/reasonable fix.
Any helpful hints to address the issue?
[In passing I would also note that I can find no way to impose the FTM favicon on my FTM bookmark, despite my opting for "ubbthreads finetunedmac" under Style Chooser. Any thoughts on how to resolve such?]