In article <+q8RSuFRcg2h3a7018V6LNNbl7Fk@4ax.com>, Kay Robinson 
 writes
>n the early days of
>browsers (and for some time) one could simply switch off images.

You still can turn off the fetching of images (with Firefox & Opera if 
not others). You can also turn of scripting and playing of Flash content 
if you like.

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Dominic Sexton