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So, I've started browsing the internet with images turned off.

This has immediately proven useful because I am now able to visit sites like SpawnPoint and post on the forums and write blogs as I am doing now -- while at work.  Now, I appreciate that many sites use images for advertising, and I do not consider what I am doing as blocking ads.  When I am surfing the inter-weeb at home, I've got all those images turned on.  But at work, this provides me with a "clean slate" and helps minimize onlooking co-workers from knowing exactly what page I am surfing on.  No more bright/flashy colours.

I'm loving it.  The way I'm currently turning off all the images is through the Web Developer Toolbar FireFox extension.  However, I'm thinking of writing my own add-on for FireFox that will provide me with just a small icon to toggle images on/off rather than a whole toolbar.  I also want the feature of setting certain sites to be always-block-images and others to be always-allow-images.

If anyone knows of an extension out there  that already does this, please let me know.  Thanks.

Until then, I will continue posting blog entries under-cover while at work.  Shh, don't tell.
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2007-11-23 14:25:57 | 335 Views

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Vudoo at Nov 23, 2007.

Now I can keep my HUGE Thrice Banner!