Hi,

Does anyone know how to switch off automatic image download? Similar to Opera and Firefox to speed up browsing on slow connections, ideal would be a button to do this on/off for automatic image download without a big menu operation. Is there something in some hidden config files for this?

Any help appreciated, Wolfgang

I don't know about a toggle option, but I know you can create a new Chrome shortcut and add --disable-images to the target path to have Chrome disable all images by default. That way you can use that shortcut when you wish to not view images.

Perhaps someone can create an extension that does something similar though...

Thanks devilslackey, can you give some instructions how to create this shortcut? maybe not a perfect solution, but a work around to start.
//Wolfgang

Simply create a chrome shortcut
Right click
Properties
Target should already be " PATH_TO_CHROME "
Change it to : " PATH_TO_CHROME " --disable-images

Thanks, Wolfgang

Is there any way to toggle image display without having to restart Chrome?

have 2 shortcuts; one without the --disable-images switch

I have two shortcuts, but if I already have Chrome open, the shortcut with --disable-images will still show images.

close all open Chrome windows and then run the shortcut with the --disable-images switch

I know that method works, but that's why I asked:

Originally Posted by cocomonk22

Is there any way to toggle image display without having to restart Chrome?