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[Jon Knight]

On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Thomas Dowling wrote:
> > Sure, it can be a bit unsightly if you've got graphics turned off, 
> > but I don't use a graphical browser only to read text and fill out
> > forms.  If that's all I cared about, I'd be using Lynx.
> >  
> 
> I'm sorry I don't have a source for this, but I've seen estimates that 20%
> to 25% of people *using graphical browsers* turn the graphics off.  Maybe
> you don't turn graphics off, and maybe you've got a quick modem, but is it
> fair to make assumptions about your users based on your own behavior?

Just as another datapoint here, the latest X Mosaic has a feature that
lets you specify which domains you don't want to get images from.  I use
this feature to load images from .ac.uk hosts (which are often on the
10Mbit/s SuperJANET network that my workstation is connected to and so
load nice and fast) but delay images from other domains.  I also kill the
images from Lycos and Alta Vista to get rid of the adverts and get more
matches in the window.  This is a really useful feature and I'd expect to
see something similar appearing in the commercial browsers soon.  Having 
a graphical browser doesn't mean that you always want to see all of the 
images.

Tatty bye,

Jim'll

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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Leics., ENGLAND.  LE11 3TU.
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