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From: Chris Heilmann
Date: Feb 4, 2005 6:47AM

[mozilla and adblock]

> Once you begin reading the site with
> the extra images turned off and then see the site with them, you wonder
> how you were before ever able to read the articles.

You can also put it on a USB stick, btw :
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/

> The site owner/manager doesn't need to 'allow' the user. We already have
> the tools necessary to switch it off. Most of them can't be detected
> either - so the site owner will never know. And before the thread goes
> into taking food out of the mouth of babes, I'll ring in with a note
> that when adverts flash, pop-up, pop-under, emit bells & whistles, then
> they are probably trying too hard. Just an opinion worth the paper it is
> written on.
>
> To keep the subject on accessibility, I'd say this is also an example of
> how the web *standards* allow accessibility to grow in ways unforeseen
> by the content creators. Proper HTML coding allows for better
> accessibility, as the tools that function and assist us rely on those
> standards to be present to manipulate content. Immediate uses (beyond
> just making me happy) for the technology includes 1) Removing animation
> images (gifs, flash, embedded 'movies') that have extreme flashing or
> screen changes known to contribute to epileptic seizures, and 2)
> Assisting people with learning disabilities to focus on the information
> they want to receive. (This is a concern voiced, but not necessarily
> addressed by the US Rehabilitation Act, Section 508).

Well, this is normally what user style sheets are for.

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