On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 September 2011 17:18, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 7 September 2011 10:48, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> <snip> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> The closest we could come to a neutral filtering system is an easily >> >> accessible on/off switch for images. >> >> >> >> >> > Interestingly, this proposal has come up many times completely separate >> to >> > the issue of image filtering. Many users, particularly those on dial-up >> > systems or those whose billing is related to the amount of data accessed >> > have asked for this ability for some time. For them it is a >> performance/cost >> > issue, and has nothing to do with filtering. Given some of the arguments >> > that have been made in opposition to filtering, particularly those that >> seem >> > to focus on "the content should be displayed in the way the authors >> > intended", I'm concerned there would be equally significant opposition to >> > even this simple matter. >> >> Turning off images should be, and can be, done by the user-agent. >> We have a help page describing how to do this. >> >> > That would be the page with the great big "this page is out of date" notice > at the top, giving instructions that are not valid for the most common user > agents (Firefox 2?).
Every version of Mozilla has included the "Dont load images" option. And it is simple to find. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l