Comparison between jetpack and RFG

No, there is no such comparison.

Now, if you let me be the best salesman in the world, here is a very objective comparison 🙂

First, JetPack does a decent job. It covers modern desktop browsers, iPhone/iPad and Windows 8 “metro” interface (you know, the tiles).

Now, the points where RFG improves the situation:
– RFG generated the favicon.ico file. Although modern browsers don’t need if (JetPack generates a 32×32 PNG icon), older browsers can only deal with this ICO file.
– JetPack is not up-to-date regarding icon sizes. It creates a 128×128 icon for iOS, whereas iOS 8 goes up to 180×180. Similar remark for Windows 8.
– JetPack has no warning for transparent icons: it indicates transparency will be preserved. This is not true: iOS fills transparent regions with black. This is often a bad surprise when you add your site to an iOS home screen for the first time.
– JetPack has a one-size-fits-all approach: a single image is used for all platforms. This is often a wrong approach. You need to fill transparent regions for iOS, sometimes add margins so that the image does not “touch” the border of the icon, etc.

This said, I have to give one area where some people might prefer JetPack over RFG: JetPack generates three pictures for a decent result. RFG generates 20-something pictures to support everything, from 1st generation iPhone to latest Android devices. Some people prefer the “less is more” policy.

Does this sound objective to you? 😉

Thanks Squazz! Will integrate it! (and fix typos first 🙂 )