That's a good point about the favicon mix. I really want to get a difinitve answer to all this. I'll do some tests when I have time.
I guess that should read most servers? I'm not much of a backend dev, but every default I've seen has included the charset in the headers.
I realize I'm blowing against the wind on this one!
On a site by site basis it seems that you really can get rid of it. I've only tested my own sites offline in various browsers and they work fine without the meta tag.
One example of a site that doesn't use it is YouTube, and I figured that can't be an accident.
I guess that should read most servers? I'm not much of a backend dev, but every default I've seen has included the charset in the headers.
I realize I'm blowing against the wind on this one!
On a site by site basis it seems that you really can get rid of it. I've only tested my own sites offline in various browsers and they work fine without the meta tag.
One example of a site that doesn't use it is YouTube, and I figured that can't be an accident.