(If you want to go to my question and avoid my description of the
problem jump to the last paragraph below.)
I was attempting to view images (jpgs) on a web page and could not
figure out why they did not showing up. The page would download minus
the images (jpgs). My first attempt to get the images to appear was to
verify the image permissions were not set to block images:
Tools->Image Manager
Sure enough the permission setting was set to block images. I reset the
permissions to allow the default images setting. Still no images could
be dowloaded for this web page.
After several frustrating minutes checking all the preferences I could
think that might prevent the images from downloading I checked the page
source to verify if the Website was somehow preventing SeaMonkey from
downloading the images.
View->Page Info (and click on the Media tab)
There was there solution (and the problem). At the bottom of a page full
of text was a check-box labeled:
Block images from TheWebsiteIWantToView.com
I unchecked this box and instantly the images appeared upon refreshing
the webpage. Note this check-box remained checked even when I went to
the tool menu and reset the permissions to allow images to download. The
check-box needs to be separately unchecked (if checked) regardless of
what setting is changed under the tools menu's image permissions.
My question is when I reset the image permissions under the tools menu
why was this permissions change not also made to the "block images"
check-box in the View->Page Info under the media tab? Is this bug or
something designed this way for a reason? Users who do not find this
obscure check-box will not know how to enable images to download and
falsely believe either SeaMonkey is broken or the webpage is badly
written (or broken). Is this "Block Images check-box" a bug or a design
feature designed this way for a valid reason?
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