How to prevent downloading images (when internet connection is bad)
In earlier times it was possible to download only text, no images, in order to speed up downloading of webpages. Now I can't find the "switch" to do this. My problem is that occasionally - when I am on the (German) countryside - the internet connection is so bad that downloading takes a very long time or fails completely. I'm using firefox 39.0 with ubuntu ...
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This option isn't any more available in the standard options, but it still exist in advanced configuration. To set "text only", enter "about:config" in the URL bar, accept the warning, search "permissions.default.image" and change the value from 1 (by default) to 2. To restore image display, same with changing value from 2 to 1.
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This option isn't any more available in the standard options, but it still exist in advanced configuration. To set "text only", enter "about:config" in the URL bar, accept the warning, search "permissions.default.image" and change the value from 1 (by default) to 2. To restore image display, same with changing value from 2 to 1.
Great!! Thank you so much!
See also:
- Image Block: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/image-block/
- ImgLikeOpera: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/imglikeopera/