PAYG Internet.. how can firefox save me money?

[Abaddon]

I am using a pay as you go dongle to get the internet. I have to top up credit ever so often.

What can i do with this site's options.. an firefox's to reduce how much internet I use while browsing the site?

Cheers

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Use a extension like NoScript or Adblock Plus to limit the amount of stuff that gets loaded. Or you can get a text-only browser. That would definitely limit the amount of extraneous data you get.

 

[Abaddon]

How can I make it so images don't load unless I click on it or something.

Would hiding all the avatars/signatures on this website help?

 

[Zelig]

Opera turbo + admuncher.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Stop Autoplay also helps. You can set it to block all flash media.

 

[Quintillus]

Hiding signatures wouldn't help much - they're text-only already, so the difference there will be minimal. Hiding avatars will help some - as images, they eat up a lot more bandwidth.

Generally all of the above will help. Blocking ads, which tend to be images, will make a difference, and the extensions Genocidicbunny mentioned have a good reputation for doing that. Flash also eats bandwidth, so making sure you don't have Adobe Flash installed will help there (check Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, and make sure it isn't there - it will be in the "A" section if it is). A Google search turned up this image blocker extension for Firefox, that, if it works like Opera's as it says it does, will quite effectively block images.

 

[DaveShack]

In Firefox - tools->options. Click on content tab. Uncheck "load images automatically". Doing that replaces all images with a link using their alternate text.
This method does all images, including smilies and the buttons on the forum.

 

[DaveShack]

Stop Autoplay also helps. You can set it to block all flash media.

This is not the correct link - it points to a recovery disk download.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

This is not the correct link - it points to a recovery disk download.

Fixed it. I think I didn't copy it right.