How to load Images from Cache in Firefox

Users like me who have a Bandwidth Restriction need to find some way to save bandwidth. Until recently I used to do this by blocking Images and Flash on Firefox. And used to check for updates on blogs through feeds. But I was tired of browsing the Web imageless, so I had to find another way.

Now thanks to a Firefox extension called ImgLikeOpera, I can now load only the cached images in my Firefox browser. This helps me to save Bandwidth as well as see some of the images. This extension is also very useful for non broadband users to increase page load time of sites by loading only cached images.

Some of the features of ImgLikeOpera are

• placeholders for blocked images
• (re)load image from context menu or Ctrl+rightMouseClick
• forced expiration time (5 minutes - 3 months)
• policies for tabs
• filters

You can set one of these policies for each tab:

• don’t load images
• load cached images only
• load images for the originating Web site only
• load all images

ImgLikeOpera also allows you to block images with filters. This is one of the features that was missing in Firefox and available in Opera. Now Firefox fans too can enjoy it

Download ImgLikeOpera Firefox Extension