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