I've been using an icon generator, to create favicons/icons for various popular units/browsers/OS, for a website
The result is:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="apple-touch-icon-57x57.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="apple-touch-icon-114x114.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="apple-touch-icon-72x72.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="apple-touch-icon-144x144.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="apple-touch-icon-60x60.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="apple-touch-icon-120x120.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="apple-touch-icon-76x76.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="apple-touch-icon-152x152.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="196x196" href="favicon-196x196.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="160x160" href="favicon-160x160.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="favicon-96x96.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="favicon-16x16.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="favicon-32x32.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="mstile-144x144.png" />
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="browserconfig.xml" />
Of course, this seems like a bit over the top. I have never seen ANY site use this many icon variations
I would like the icon to be available on most popular units, so people can also add the website to home-screen etc. (with the icon)
But is all this really necessary, or could I easily trim it down to just a few?
What would happen if I for example only used one 152x152 size for apple devices, and skipped the smaller sizes?