Closed Bug 69149 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Block Image blocks all images from server; Blackout lists are not fine grained enough

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 33724

People

(Reporter: zackw, Assigned: morse)

Details

When you right click on an image, one of your choices is "block this image from loading." That's a wonderful feature. However, it doesn't just block _this_ image, it blocks every image requested from that particular web server. That is often what you actually want (e.g. to get rid of banner ads) but not always. At the very least the menu text should be changed so it reflects what actually happens. Ideally, there would be separate choices: block just this image, block all images from this server. The "don't allow removed cookies to be reaccepted" interface (prefs->advanced ->cookies->view cookies) has the same granularity problem. The interface makes you think it's just this one cookie that won't come back, but the browser actually starts refusing all cookies from that site. Again, this is often what you want, but not always. And the user interface should correctly describe what happens.
images, morse, ui, mpt
Assignee: asa → morse
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Browser-General → XP Apps
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: doronr → sairuh
Summary: Black lists are not fine grained enough → Block Image blocks all images from server; Black lists are not fine grained enough
QA Contact: sairuh → tpreston
Summary: Block Image blocks all images from server; Black lists are not fine grained enough → Block Image blocks all images from server; Blackout lists are not fine grained enough
See also bug 33576, but I think there is also a bug somewhere specifically covering the menu item wording.
I think the best solution would be to add a dialog. The dialog could either let you choose between "block image", "block image from domain", or "cancel", or it could have a textbox with the entire image url in it (the user would then remove all but the domain to block all images from the domain).
Found it. The poor feature is covered by bug 33576; the poor menu item wording for the current feature is covered by bug 33724. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 33724 ***
Severity: enhancement → minor
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Verified
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Mozilla Application Suite
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