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I am using firefox 4. I want keep the bandwidth usage as low as possible when I am browsing the internet? What options do I get?

If I disable the option of "load image automatically", will still download the images and just block them?

I would like to block image and flash, but I want to know that there is a image/flash there...most of the website do not make use of the alt property, so that I will not be able to know there is a image if I blocked them.

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That thread didn't solve the problem really. – gunbuster363 Jun 20 '11 at 4:22
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Disable loading of images, JavaScript, all plugins, and automatic add-on updating.

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If I block the image, how do I know there is a image? – gunbuster363 Jun 20 '11 at 4:26
If there is an alt attribute then that text will show up next to an icon. Otherwise, just an icon. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jun 20 '11 at 4:27
There are no icons. For example, I blocked all image and refreshed this page, I check the icon next to your username, there is only a blank area, with no specific prompt for the existence of a image. – gunbuster363 Jun 20 '11 at 4:33
Strange. They must have removed that then. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Jun 20 '11 at 4:35
The User avatars here don't have an alt text. Try on some other websites (like nytimes.com or similar) – slhck Jun 20 '11 at 4:36
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