>>A question about this method, though: >> >>Will Moz/Camino still download the content? It looks like the content gets >>downloaded, but just not displayed. Like with the /etc/hosts method, I'm >>looking for a solution that doesn't even call out to the ad servers and >>waste my bandwidth. > > I would think if Mozilla's trunk still summons the blocked > image from the ether, then that would be a bug, and needs to be > reported as such about Mozilla. Seems like an easy enough fix, move > the "image blocked?" question to before the "download this file" > code, instead of before the "display this image" code. > > Kelly
Wouldn't it be best to have it an *option* to specify whether Moz/Camino actually downloads the content or not? (hidden of course - let's not clutter up the UI; I'll add my voice to that position) What I'm thinking of, is, crafty tricksy servers which *check to see* whether your browser has actually downloaded the image/s before letting you continue. In an 'arms race', let's not fool ourselves and think that they don't know what we're doing - and that some of them (the smart ones) try to detect this. If I recall correctly, way back when I was still using iCab (pre OS X), and filtered out ads, I ran across a few sites that, apparently, did this (checked to see if ads were downloaded, and didn't behave correctly, if they weren't). Can anyone confirm/deny this? Was I smoking some particularly poor-quality crack that day? Am I, right now? -- Ed Mechem < mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
