Preventing Website Images From Loading

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Ok, my situation is as follows.

I'm in rented accommodation for a couple of months before I'll be moving on to a more permanent arrangement, but in the meantime I have to have internet access for my work.

I'm currently using Vodafone Espana's 3G internet service on pay-as-you-go, because I'll be able to get ADSL when I move, so didn't want to sign up for an 18-month contract.

The charge is ?60 per 1GB download, which I thought seemed ok as I have no other alternative, but I'm finding that it drains down a lot quicker than I was expecting, despite avoiding streaming video or downloading anything.

The only reason I can think of is the images on websites, so I was wondering if anyone knew of anyway to stop maybe files over a certain size from loading in my browser, or just pictures in general so I can try and keep my number of recharges down to a reasonable level.

I am on a Mac using Camino, but I'm willing to switch to Firefox for a couple of months if there is a plug-in available that does what I'm looking for.

Would greatly appreciate any help on this.

Cheers

[Psyduck]

In firefox you want tools->options and uncheck "load images automatically". I'd imagine it's the same in any browser. I'd also turn off flash, java etc if I were you.

[ascender]

And if anything still sneaks through, just use something like AdBlock to pick up the rest and specifically block them.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Thanks for the suggestions! Just in case anyone ever has a similar situation, or wants something to do for their mobile, I've been using http://www.skweezer.net , which is saving me a ton of usage.