Thanks for the heads up on these new features Sarah.

Creating a simple interface to add or delete a favicon is a very welcome addition. On the other hand adding favicon preparation software is serious overkill. Creating proper icons is serious work. Making it very easy for Wordpress users to create really bad favicons just makes the whole Wordpress project seem very amateur.

If there were just an upload function for the favicons, then most people would have the sense to seek out dedicated software or better yet, a competent icon designer.