Changed appearance of icons when adding URL shortcut to Home Screen

Too bad!

Because many of the websites I want to add to my home screen will have the same icon...

A letter "L" , because the title is often (L)ogin Page.

You can't force websites to provide a Favicon. Fine, but it's too bad Apple didn't think to let us change the "Letter" to a short (maybe 1-4 characters) custom name when adding the link to the home page.

Hello clem3000,

The icon that is used for your Home Screen bookmark will be determined by the website programming. Make sure you are following the directions outlined in the “Add a website icon to your Home Screen” of this website. If an icon is available for the bookmark you should see it pop up as soon as you tap the share icon. 

Add a website icon to your Home Screen

You can add a website icon to your iPhone Home Screen for quick access.

1. While viewing the website, tap  in the menu bar.

2. Scroll down the list of options, then tap Add to Home Screen.

3. If you don’t see Add to Home Screen, you can add it. Scroll down to the bottom of the list, tap Edit Actions, then tap  Add to Home Screen.

The icon appears only on the device where you add it.

Note: Some websites may ask for permission to send you notifications. You can change your notification settings at any time. See Change notification settings.

If no icon is available, the iOS software will use the first letter of the website title. 

Cheers!

Hey clem3000,

Thank you for clarifying the question. It looks like this is no longer the case with the iOS software to save the screenshot as you mentioned. You can leave feedback about this here: Product Feedback - Apple.

Take care.