Amie

This widget replaces the standard Blogroll widget, and adds the following features:
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<li>API compatibility, so the widget matches the theme</li>
<li>Respects options set in the Links Manager Admin Panel</li>
</ul>

WPW-Linkslist

A flexible replacement for the standard links widget, for wordpress 2.0.x only.

UnderWordPressure

This plugin convert the favicon.ico from the blogroll sites into PNG images and save this in a local cache file. The conversion process works just on the admin-page, visitors don’t have to waste time to wait for favicons from remote websites. If a blogroll entry was added or modified this single Link will be updated.
All cached icons can conveniently be assigned to any of the bookmarks, just a mouse click.
The plugin fallback to a default icon, if on the remote websites cannot be detected a valid favicon. The default icon can be configured like any other bookmark.

FAVIROLL – FAVIcons for blogROLL

This plugin convert the favicon.ico from the blogroll sites into PNG images and save this in a local cache file. The conversion process works just on  …

WPW-Linkslist vs FAVIROLL – FAVIcons for blogROLL