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Date:      Tue, 9 Dec 1997 07:35:51 -0500
From:      Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
To:        Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Oddity with netscape and current
Message-ID:  <19971209073551.43175@ct.picker.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971209100710.12707B-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>; from Stephen Roome on Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 10:13:34AM %2B0000
References:  <19971207210544.52901@ct.picker.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971209100710.12707B-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>

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Stephen Roome:
 |On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Randall Hopper wrote:
 |> So, while we're on the subject, could you all try a 4.04 test?:
 |> 
 |>      1) In 4.04, turn ON Java and Javascript & turn OFF auto-loading of
 |>         images.  Then exit 4.04.
 |
 |What! I can't find the option to turn off auto-loading of images, they've
 |hidden it well since 3.x versions. Besides, the evil configuration screens
 |are so slow !

They buried it in menus:

      Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Automatically load images...

Maybe pressure from advertisers -- who knows.  Over a dial-up link, images
off by-default is the only way to go.

 |This page worked for some time, and then locked up, I didn't have to turn
 |off auto-loading of images though. 

Interesting.

Randall



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