Image Block X

What does it do?

It's a switch to toggle whether or not the browser will load images.

Why?

I like to tether my laptop to my phone, and this way I can ensure my data will last as long as possible.

I previously used Image Block but since it has not been converted to a web extension, I figured I'd learn how to write a web extension and do it myself.

Is it done?

Hardly.

There's still lots of improvements that could be done in the future, such as:

• whitelisting certain pages
• loading only images below a certain size
• alernately blacklisting certain pages
• allow toggling on a per-tab basis

Meta-improvements to be done:

• improving the release process

Build dependencies

ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org) is used to generate png icons from svg. Also needs zip commandline archiver.

Contribution

Have an idea for a feature that I haven't added or mentioned? Feel free to raise an issue on GitHub or if you're feeling daring, make a pull request!

Release Process

1. Make changes
2. Increment version number in manifest.json
3. Update CHANGELOG.md
4. make
5. Upload to AMO