Project specific fav icons - where did they go?

[Dave Elkan]

I was really enjoying and getting used to the new project-specific favion feature that was recently rolled out to Jira Cloud. Unfortunately it looks like it got turned off (or maybe it's just broken?).

Either way, I really made my day a lot easier as I use pinned tabs and this feature made it clear which one I used. Now it's gone and I am lost. 

Please bring it back!

[Dave Elkan · Accepted solution]

Vote for this to come back as an optional feature here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-75258

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

My guess is it's been turned off for now - there's a lot of noise from people who really really do not want it.  I think you might be the first person I've seen like it (I'm in the middle - I do not like it, but if it can be turned off for me, I'm happy)

[Satvik Sharma]

All I ever seem to see when Atlassian changes **anything** is people wanting the old behavior back...

[Dave Elkan]

I found the issue here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-75258

And a vocal minority whinging about it here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Use-Jira-favicon-instead-of-project-specific-favicon/qaq-p/1502668

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

<cough>, I suspect it is a "quiet majority", not a "vocal minority". 

And yes, people get vocal when they see unwanted change, but you have to balance that against the number who do not complain, and look at how the complaints are formed too, to get a good feel for it.  (by "how", I mean the tone - are they howling "put it back", "it's awful" etc, or are they offering constructive criticism)

I've not seen many changes with this pattern of complaint before in the community, it's unusual.

I'd bet on something like 30% no, 60% don't care and 10% yes.  And of the 40% who do care, a "solution" of "a preference in my personal profile" would be 100% acceptable, with the only real argument being about the off-the-shelf default.