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how to prevent downloading of pictures,while browsing.

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pcan12028
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During heavy browsing, a lot of data is spent. 

             So as to minimize data use, picture downloads may be blocked,as in Linux.
How to do it in windows Firefox?
During heavy browsing, a lot of data is spent. So as to minimize data use, picture downloads may be blocked,as in Linux. How to do it in windows Firefox?

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ideato
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Hello, go to about:config find the permissions.default.image , double-click on it and change the value to 2 (block all images from loading), click OK to save it, exit the about:config page, exit firefox and restart it.

more info : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Permissions.default.image

thank you

cor-el
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