Looking for a web browser extension that disables graphics and photographs

punchy71 · 12-11-2011, 05:55 PM

Hi all,
I was wanting to know if there is a FireFox or Google Chrome browser extension or plug-in that would turn off the rendering of graphics and photographs in the browser when I surf the net, leaving just text in the browser window?

Thanks

John VV · 12-11-2011, 07:03 PM

on a windows 7 operating system
no

linux has a few text only web browsers ,like elinks .
there was a old firefox hack called "vimperator"

http://www.calmar.ws/firefox/

http://vimperator.org/vimperator

BUT and a VERY BIG BUT
it is for Firefox 3 yes three, five versions out of date .

S. Chapelin · 12-11-2011, 07:04 PM

Have you tried Lynx?
http://lynx.browser.org/

frankbell · 12-11-2011, 09:44 PM

I like lynx, but you might look at links. It formats the page similarly to a graphical browser, but does not do graphics.

Telengard · 12-11-2011, 11:40 PM

Have you tried un-checking Load images automatically in Firefox Preferences?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...ntent-settings

gary185 · 12-12-2011, 08:56 PM

there is a firefox extension called QuickJava
it give you buttons in the lower right
one of them is as "I" for images
you can just toggle them on and off as you go