On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 September 2011 10:48, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> <snip> > > > > >> The closest we could come to a neutral filtering system is an easily >> accessible on/off switch for images. >> >> > Interestingly, this proposal has come up many times completely separate to > the issue of image filtering. Many users, particularly those on dial-up > systems or those whose billing is related to the amount of data accessed > have asked for this ability for some time. For them it is a performance/cost > issue, and has nothing to do with filtering. Given some of the arguments > that have been made in opposition to filtering, particularly those that seem > to focus on "the content should be displayed in the way the authors > intended", I'm concerned there would be equally significant opposition to > even this simple matter.
Turning off images should be, and can be, done by the user-agent. We have a help page describing how to do this. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l