272582 - Really need a toolbar button to turn image loading on/off

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement)

Description

[David L. Mohn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

NS 2 & 3 used to have an icon that allowed the user to easily turn on or off
image loading.  NS 4 cancelled this feature (why???).  It sure is handy,
especially when visiting those heavy bannered sites (like PC-Mag!).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

If you want to block images from certain sites, you can right-click to block
those sites.  This is not something that's going to be frequently accessed in
the days of fast PCs and broadband connections, whereas in NS 2/3 days images
were a huge performance drop.

WONTFIX.

Comment 2

[David L. Mohn]

(In reply to comment #1)
> If you want to block images from certain sites, you can right-click to block
> those sites.  

Would you please elaborate?  Right clicking on a loading site doesn't seem to
provide any such options in the context menu.

>This is not something that's going to be frequently accessed in
> the days of fast PCs and broadband connections, whereas in NS 2/3 days images
> were a huge performance drop.

Well, when that day arrives world-wide, I reckon you'll be correct, but until
then how about offering an optional toolbar button?  I also reckon that webpage
authors will find other ways of swallowing up all available bandwidth (Flash,
Java, etc.)
 

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

While its correct that you may not be able to right-click on the image until the
page loads, as far as I'm aware the load images pref gets checked per pageload,
so that even a toggle isn't going to work without some rearchitecture.  You'd
probably have to stop and reload.

However, its quite easily accessible via the Preferences panel, and could quite
easily be implemented as an extension, which is where it rightly belongs given
its relatively limited appeal.

Last, as a note on Bugzilla etiquette: Just because you disagree with a
resolution doesn't mean you can reopen the bug.

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

You can use the "Image-Show-Hide" extension to do this.
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=829

Comment 5

[David L. Mohn]

(In reply to comment #4)
> You can use the "Image-Show-Hide" extension to do this.
> http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=829

I'd be satisfied with an extension that works.  As I recall when I tried the ISH
extension, it has deleterious side effects.  Not your problem, I understand, but...

And of course there _is_ the tools/options/web features/load images toggle, but
please note: that requires up to four mouse clicks to enable or disable each
time.  A bit unwieldy for a convenience toggle.  Any chance of moving it to, or
providing a duplicate on, the right-click context menu?