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Pragmatic Touch Icons

NOTE I'm trying to find the most optimal fav/touch icon setup for my use-cases. Nothing new here. Read Mathias Bynens' articles on re-shortcut-icon and touch icons, a FAQ or a Cheat Sheet for all the details.

I'd like to hear how you approach this: @valuedstandards or comment on this gist.

The issue

You have to include a boatload of link elements pointing to many different images to provide (mobile) devices with a 'favicon' or 'touch icon':

![Touch Icon Links](https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBj6AWh0dHBzOi8vcGhvdG9zLTYuZHJvcGJveC5jb20vdC8yL0FBRGFGY1VRN1dfSExnT3cwR1VhUmtaUWRFcWhxSDVGRjNMdXFfbHRJWG1GNFEvMTIvMjI3OTE2L3BuZy8xMDI0eDc2OC8yL18vMC80L1NjcmVlbnNob3QlMjAyMDE1LTA0LTE0JTIwMTYuNTYuMjYucG5nL0NNejBEU0FCSUFJZ0F5Z0JLQUkvNGR1eDZnMzZmYnlzYWI3