What do you call this icon?

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What do you call this icon?

easternbats

1:16 am on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hi all,

I sometimes browse to websites that have this icon or image or text that is located at the bottom right hand corner of a webpage and it will stay there forever regardless of which part of the web page u browse.

It's created using javascript if I am not mistaken. Can someone tell me what is that called?

Thanks.

henry0

12:03 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Not sure
I have a site CSS driven with a cart icon that regardless of the screen resolution/site-width will always be located to the top very right hand corner
it only uses CSS for positioning

Grandmas Cookies

1:11 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

It could be the site's license or some kind of copyright thing. I really don't know

bcolflesh

1:20 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

[en.wikipedia.org...]

katana_one

1:28 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Are we talking about a background image with a fixed (non-scrolling) position? Or does this image/text/whatever actually do something, like a link?

SuzyUK

1:39 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

I'd say CSS Positioning too..

it doesn't have a name AFAIK. It could be anything, text, link, image - whatever it is is usually fixed to the body element and the source code for it will be there if it's positioned element

If it's just an image it could simply be a background-image attached to the html or body element, if it's that it won't appear in the source code it'll only be in the CSS

sem4u

1:45 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Could it be an image used for tracking website visitors?

Gian04

1:47 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Its just a simple image displayed using a javascript, anyone can program that. You can get a ready made script for that kind of "effect" from JS tutorial sites.

justgowithit

2:00 pm on Jun 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

Are you sure it's not the ever-annoying, constantly present help icon?

lol - I like bcolflesh's guess