title: Will browsers request /favicon.ico or <link> first?
body: <p>I want to set a favicon to be requested from a static file server instead of the main web server for performance optimization. </p>
  
  <p>If I specify a <code>&lt;link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://cdn.site.com/favicon.ico"&gt;</code> but also have a <code>/favicon.ico</code> in my site root as a fallback, which will browsers prefer? Will browsers (and which?) still look for <code>/favicon.ico</code>, making the move to a static file server useless?</p>