Images Did Not Load On Google
About 1:30 this afternoon I ran a google search, and usually a line of four or five images responsive to the search appear near the top; however, this time, although there was a line identifying images responsive to the search there simply was a long rectangle which was blocked out. Moreover, on further search results as I scrolled down the page there were a few YouTube entries but where the screen capture from the video ordinarily would appear there was just a blacked out box.
Was this a failure of the images to load, and why did this happen?
I never experienced this before, and so I just closed out the tab, tried the same search, and the images and YouTube screen stills seemingly loaded properly.
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If images are missing then check that you do not block images from some domains.
- Press the F10 key or tap the Alt key to bring up the hidden Menu bar.
Check the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
Check "Tools > Page Info > Media" for blocked images
- Select the first image link and use the cursor Down key to scroll through the list.
- If an image in the list is grayed and "Block Images from..." has a check-mark then remove this check-mark to unblock images from this domain.
Make sure that you do not block (third-party) images, the permissions.default.image pref on the about:config page should be 1.
Make sure that you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the Windows/Mac Accessibility settings.
Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own colors.
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
Note that these settings affect background images.
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There are extensions like Adblock Plus (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images and other content.
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