It seems that a fix has been submitted to add image blocking features into chimera. Both a prefpane (see below) and a contextual menu item (requires patching and building the source) have be submitted to the project by Prachi Gauriar. It seems that the project maintainers think this feature is too complex for incorporation into the main tree.
I encourage all like minded souls to register with bugzilla and vote for bug #
155315 . This is the main feature I want to see added to chimera. If you dont vote for it, it probably wont get added. (disclaimer: I haven't read all the mailing list discussions about this but the bug comments indicate this is the case).
Below are instructions for adding the prefpane to chimera that was posted to the bug comments.
Cheers,
Y
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Chimera bug 155315
Hey everyone. I've created an Images preference pane for Chimera that
allows you to block images. It's currently been submitted for bug 155315
<
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155315>. The important thing
is that I'd like some of you to test it, so I've posted it to my
website, and you all can apply the prefpane to your current build of
Chimera.
Here's what you need to do if you're interested:
Download the file from here:
http://comp.uark.edu/~pgauria/ImagesPrefPane.tar.gz
Extract the files from that archive using StuffIt Expander or your
favorite utility. The archive contains one folder called
"Images.prefPane".
Make sure Chimera isn't running. Go to the Finder and ctrl-click on
Navigator.app. Choose "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu.
This will bring up a window with the folder Contents in it. Navigate to
Contents/PreferencePanes/ and copy Images.prefPane in there.
Then, go to Contents/Resources/ and find the file named
MVPreferencePaneDefaults.plist. Open this file with TextEdit (or your
favorite text editor), and add the following line between
"org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance," and
"org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,"
"org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,"
(without quotes, of course). So when you're done,
MVPreferencePaneDefaults.plist should look like this:
( org.mozilla.chimera.preference.navigation,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.security,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures
)
Save the file and close it. Now open the file
Contents/Resources/MVPreferencePaneGroups.plist. Add the following line
between "org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance," and
"org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures"
"org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,"
(again, without quotes). So when you're done,
MVPreferencePaneGroups.plist should look like this:
(
{
identifier = general;
panes = (
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.navigation,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures
);
},
{
identifier = security;
panes = (
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,
org.mozilla.chimera.preference.security,
);
}
)
Save the file and close it. Now you're done. Start up Navigator and you
should now see the Images pref pane in your Preferences window. Test it.
If you like it, email me. If you hate it, email me. I'd like to gauge
interest in this feature so that I can gather some data as to whether
the UI (or the feature itself) is too complex for the normal Chimera
installation.
Also, if you find a bug or have trouble installing it, email me.
Prachi Gauriar
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