55346 - Better image filtering.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Graphics: ImageLib, enhancement, P3)

Description

[[e-mail]]

Wouldn't it be nice if the Image Manager could block out certain graphics by
their size, filename or path?

Look at the attached URL for a reference (that is iCab, a browser for Mac OS)

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

It would be great to block out images by their size in pixel:

avoid big images (ex: 1400x1700 as background image)
avoid small images (ex: 1x1 image included in a mail)

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

setting bug status to New.  Bugs like this get attention a lot faster when they
are accompanied by a patch or two.

Comment 3

[pnunn]

Thanks for the good ideas.
Some of these are already implemented.
See edit/preferences/advanced/images options to
control image loading by site.
Note particularly the ability to block
images that do not come from the originating
server.

-p

Comment 4

[[e-mail]]

I am aware of the basic (basic in usability -- not commeting on how hard they
were to implement, since I am no programmer) functionalities of the Image
Manager, but I'd like to see it embrace features similar to iCab, which block
out content on a more general basis, yet more specific. Am I making any sense?
Heh.

Comment 5

[pnunn]

All pnunn bugs reassigned to Pav, who is taking over
the imglib.

Comment 6

[[e-mail]]

Attachment: iCab image filtering.

Comment 7

[Terri Preston]

changing status to [imglib]

Comment 8

[Stuart Parmenter]

*** Bug 65015 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[[e-mail]]

The BannerBlind project (http://bannerblind.mozdev.org) could be of relevance to
this. It enables filtering through image sizes, and lets you chose if you want
to hide (maintain page layout) or remove the image of a particular size.

Comment 10

[J.B. Nicholson]

One major portion of that functionality is only partially addressed by
Mozilla--blocking images by size.  One can put rules in a user stylesheet that
would block an image by size:

/* Block 468x60 images -- a typical ad shape */
object[type="image/jpeg"][width="468"][height="60"],
img[width="468"][height="60"]
{
  display: none;
}

and this can easily be extended to cover ads of a wide range of sizes and types.
 As CSS selectors allow for more accurate matching, this becomes one more tool
to surf the web without ads.  But will this work when the size is not declared
in the markup?  It would be nice to target images by size whether the size is
declared in the markup or not.  Also, how many selectors one can use in a CSS
rule is a related issue.

Comment 11

[Matt Woodrow (:mattwoodrow)]

I don't think we're planning to fix this right now.

Closing as WONTFIX, we can reopen this later if we decide that we need it.