[NTLUG:Discuss] Image Rejection

[mike]

I will investigate privoxy... It is likely the best thing out there. For now, 
I'm sticking with mozilla 0.8, since nothing I care about refuses to load on 
this browser (yet,)  and there are no security problems on the browser side 
of mozilla. (i'm not using it for email.)
  
Proxy filtering = Web pages look nicer BUT load slower. My understanding of 
proxy filtering is that the browser still asks for the unwanted images, and 
the proxy refuses to pass thru the request. This means the browser will wait 
for XXX seconds to hear back from the image site, resulting in extended time 
for the page to display.  Depending on the number and placement of blocked 
items, this could come at the end of the html formatting (page shows, but 
doesn't say complete,) or at the beginning (takes minutes before the meat of 
the page is downloaded.) Is this true?  Is there a good work-around for this?

Where as: Integrated image rejection = web pages look normal AND load faster. 
The browser itself strips the unwanted images out, so no request ever hits 
the network. The only visual difference (for my case) is the pink/yellow 
flashy eyes are missing.  In their place are blank white boxen of the same 
size to protect formatting. Also, turning off images is an easy right or mid 
click and selecting from the image disable menu list. no looking into the 
source, then copying the offending hosts info into the proxy filter tables.

If you're going to turn off ALL images.. I recommend Lynx or Links.  They run 
far faster than any image enabled browser, and handle things generally 
better.  Your pages don't look like unfinished jigsaw puzzles (altho some 
will look like unfinished C code)  and clickable images are still available 
as a text link which generally describes the link well enough.