Re: Table -> CSS help needed

In article <4a8a3cbf$0$9114$5402220f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Bob Bedford" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"John Hosking" <john-nin2@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:03:42 +0200, Bob Bedford wrote:

For Google ads, even if your browser doesn't show them, they are
downloaded
from the server, so the pages are slow even without showing them.


This is news to me; I find it hard to believe, or at least to understand.

Are you sure this is true? Why would they be downloaded if my browser
hasn't requested them? I think the circumstances where my browser doesn't
display ads or images, but requests them anyway, are rare.

--
John

As far as I know, the problem about page is how things works. it seems you
can't tell what you want to receive and what not. You ask a page, then you
receive the content. How a browser may tell to a server not to get a content
he doesn't even know the existence ?
I know you can block images. Maybe the browser receive the content then must
ask for the images separately, but as I know, it only works with images.
Maybe you can block content from some URL. In this case the "blocked"
content is replaced by a blank space so it may be shown faster.
Please let me know wich browser do you use so I may try to see if the ads
are downloaded and shown. I use Firefox but couldn't find this feature.

One way in FireFox is to right-click on the Google ads image, and select
"Block images from..." in the contextual menu.

Another way is via the Preferences -> Content tab. Click on the
"Exceptions" button for the "Load images automatically" item.

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, you can also block domains
explicitly using something called a hosts file on your computer.
There are a number of "how to" articles available by googling...




Best Regards.
.

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