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== picture removal ==

hello...I would like to know if it is possible to log on to this site with pictures removed.  
I have a very rare phobia about pictures, which keeps me out of many books and encyclopedias.  When I first found this site, the articles I read had no pictures. Finally, I thought, I can pursue information without having to worry about the image phobia. Now I have the home page on my favorites and there are lots of pictures.  I would like to remove the puzzle-sphere image also.
This is not a joke. I crave information so this is horribly debilitating for me.  Is there anyway you can help me? MaryEliza
:I am sorry to hear about your phobia. To view Wikipedia without pictures, I would recommend you use a web browser like [[Lynx (browser)|Lynx]]. [[User:Masterhomer|Masterhomer]] 05:04, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:Most if not all web browsers have an option to disable the loading of pictures. --[[User:Brion VIBBER|Brion]] 09:40, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:Indeed:

:*In [http://www.opera.com/ Opera] 7, go to '''File''' > '''Preferences''' > '''Multimedia''', and set '''Images''' to "Show no images".
:*In [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ Internet Explorer] 6, go to '''Tools''' > '''Internet Options''' > '''Advanced''', and in the '''Multimedia''' section, unmark '''Show Pictures'''.  Unfortunately, this does not hide the puzzle graphic at the top-left of every page.
:*In [http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox] 1, go to '''Tools''' > '''Options''' > '''Web Features''' and unmark '''Load Images'''.
:*In [http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Netscape] 7, go to '''Edit''' > '''Preferences''' > '''Privacy and Security''' > '''Images''' and select the '''Do not load any images''' option.

:And, of course, [http://lynx.browser.org/ Lynx] and other text-only browsers like [http://w3m.sourceforge.net/ w3m] never show any images.  Those are all the browsers I have to test with; maybe someone else can help with instructions for others.

:This should make sure that your web browser never displays any images at all.

:If you would like to make sure that you never see any images at Wikipedia, even when you log in from another computer, sign up for an account and edit your personal stylesheet.  Your stylesheet will be at the page '''/wiki/User:''Yourusername''/monobook.css''' .  Add the line <code>img, div#p-logo { visibility: hidden }</code> , save the page, and purge your cache as instructed.  This will hide images in articles and the puzzle image on every page, but it won't hide the background texture or the little person icon in front of the row of links at the top of the page.  I imagine it must be possible to get rid of them too, but I can't figure out how just now.

:However, if you use a different skin than Monobook, it won't have those images.  To change your skin, log in, go to your '''Preferences''' page ([[Special:Preferences]]), click '''Skin''', choose another skin, and click '''Save Preferences'''.  In this case, you should add the line from the previous paragraph to a different stylesheet&mdash;not monobook.css, but classic.css, nostalgia.css, myskin.css, or cologneblue.css, depending on which skin you chose.

:I hope this makes more sense than I think it does.  Please ask if anything's not clear. [[User:Triskaideka|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&mdash;[[User:Triskaideka|Triskaideka]] 17:26, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)