Tony Sidaway wrote:
Christiaan Briggs said:
A user is not always going to know what is going to offend them until they have looked at the content. By then it's too late.
Disabling image downloads (which I do all the time if I browse a site from work) enables the user to read the alt tag and/or filename in the context of the descriptive content in the article. With a site like Wikipedia we can enforce labeling standards to ensure that nobody gets a nasty surprise when they click "load". It really is the ideal solution. I've used it for years.
It's hardly ideal, the user needs to click on every single image before they can see them. I've tried it myself a few times and found it a awful way to experience the internet. And because it's indiscriminate it doesn't allow for downstream targeted filtering.
Christiaan