Install a Chimera image blocking preference panel

Dec 02, '02 12:21:46PM

Contributed by: theNonsuch

On the same subject as the image blocking hint that was just recently posted, quite a while ago I opened an enhancement request for Chimera to support image blocking (bug report here).

It seems to have stalled a bit, but luckily a very industrious fellow named Prachi Gauriar created a preference panel for Chimera that allows you to add and subtract servers to block, as well as toggle GIF animations and block 3rd party image requests completely. I've been using it for over a month with the nightly builds and it's worked great!

Here's how to install the preference pane for Chimera:

  1. Download the preference pane:

    http://comp.uark.edu/~pgauria/ImagesPrefPane.tar.gz (Mirror)

  2. Unpack the file so that you have a file called Images.prefPane

  3. Make sure Chimera isn't running. Right-click on the Navigator icon and "Show Package Contents"

  4. Navigate to Contents -> PreferencesPanes

  5. Copy the file Images.prefPane into this folder.

  6. Still in the Navigator package, navigate up one level and go into the Resources folder.

  7. You will need to edit two files. First open MVPreferencePaneDefaults.plist in your favorite text editor. Add the line
     org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,
    Insert this line between these two lines:
     org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.security,
    NOTE: Make sure each line ends with a comma. When done, the file should look like this:
     (
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.navigation,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.security,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures
    )
    Save the file.

  8. Now, open the file MVPreferencePaneGroups.plist which is in the same folder as the last file. Add the same line as you did before, but this time add it between org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance and org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures. The file should look like this when you're done:
     (
    {
    identifier = general;
    panes = (
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.navigation,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.appearance,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.images,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.webfeatures
    );
    },
    {
    identifier = security;
    panes = (
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.privacy,
    org.mozilla.chimera.preference.security,
    );
    }
    )
    Save the file.

  9. Launch Chimera, open the preferences, and you should see the newly added Images prefpane. Enjoy!
[Editor's note: I haven't tested this one myself.]

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