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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.
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.
Now I can keep my HUGE Thrice Banner!
Wow - good solution. Fast loading as all I bet as well.
Whoa. turns out FireFox has this capability built-in. Tools->Options->Content-> Load images Automatically. +Exceptions. No need for the toolbar anymore. Sweet!
lol, yeah. Firefox has had this for awhile. This blog cracked me up!