2008.04.07

Hey, LazyWeb, help reduce my bandwidth 2008-04-07T15:14:55ZTitled entry permalink

I've got a LazyWeb request: I was wondering if there's any possibility of there being a Firefox extension for setting up different browser use profiles (not the same profiles as in Firefox) - so, for instance, when I'm on a mobile connection I might be able to specify rules of what to download. When I'm on a mobile connection, I want to be able to use twitter.com but without it loading all the images of people. The idea is to reduce bandwidth usage so that I don't hit the "fair use policy" of my provider.

The sort of rules I'm thinking of would be things like turning off JavaScript or Ajax, auto-redirecting to a mobile or low-bandwidth alternative, turning off large graphics downloads or not downloading sections of the page (XPath, CSS selectors etc) - or maybe have certain Greasemonkey scripts activate or deactivate.

This is a test post 2008-04-07T19:37:18ZTitled entry permalink

Another test 2008-04-07T19:39:34ZTitled entry permalink

Sorry to continue wasting your attention.

There's no other way to test this...

 

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Tom Morris
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am in preparation for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

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