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Wizmage hides images in a way that minimizes the impact on the user's browsing experience.
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Ever wanted to surf the web without seeing all the images, but haven't found a method that keeps full Internet functionality?
This extension provides a solution: (NOTE: It does not save bandwidth - see later.)
It hides the images by displaying a coloured texture where they would be. Small images, and many background patterns are recognized, and will always displayed.
Any individual image can be displayed simply by moving the mouse cursor over it, and clicking on the eye that appears (or press ALT-a). The eye will then turn into an undo symbol - click on it to hide the image again (or press ALT-z).
There is an exception list (right click the icon and click Options). When navigating to a URL that contains one of these exceptions, Wizmage will be disabled for that page. For example, if you have 'google.com' as an exception, then the whole google.com domain will be excepted. If you have 'blog' as an exception, then all URLs containing the word 'blog' will be excepted.
You can also have a Black List, whereby Wizmage only runs on selected sites. This options can be found in the Options page.
An extension icon appears in the top right of the browser - clicking it displays 5 options:
1. Add or remove the current domain name as an exception.
2. Similar to 1, but only applies to the current tab.
3. Show all images just this time.
4. Pause / Unpause Wizmage.
5. Pause Tab - this will pause the current tab for any site.
The extension will update itself automatically as it improves and will always be free.
TROUBLESHOOTING
(Q) ALT-a isn't displaying the image:
(A) Try clicking next to the image, then move the cursor back over the image and press ALT-a. (Perhaps you only had to move the cursor away from the image and then back again.) Note that some images cannot be individually displayed, as there is an invisible element over them.
(Q) I want add a particular page to the exception list, not the whole domain:
(A) Right click the Wizmage icon, click Options and add the URL.
(Q) Text is camouflaged by the coloured textures, and cannot be read:
(A) In the unlikely case that this happens, either 1) Show that image, 2) Reload the page (the colours are random, so you will get fresh colours) or 3) Use the tooltip of that image.
(Q) It is not working 100% (or not at all):
(A) Please report the problem by clicking 'Send Feedback' in the Details tab. Alternatively, send me an email at [email protected].
NOTES
• This extension uses raw JavaScript without libraries such as jQuery, to improve performance.
• Wizmage was not written to save your bandwidth - many images are loaded in the background. This is necessary to determine whether they are real images or icons.
• It is impossible to add parental controls, since for security reasons, Chrome makes it very easy to disable/uninstall any extension.
• As much as possible, tooltips are given to hidden images, so you can tell what they're about.
• Source code at https://github.com/ecymerman/wizmage .
• Tree icon from http://dapinographics.com/ under the conditions of the license there.
Latest reviews
- (2024-09-07) Pat MySecret: Replaces image pleasantly w/their pastel image. Works great! doesn't block icons for better or worse. Automatic from page-to-page unless clicked otherwise. Has white/blacklist. Chosen image shows w/an Icon click.. Well-crafted extension! One note..in options, they claim the their image has transparency..I don't see that. Now, not that I need to save on data, but blocking vs hiding means less cache cleanup too. If you want an easy image blocker that blocks and doesn't replace the image, try the extension "Block Image". The icon isn't as cute as the palm trees though, and you may miss those pastels. For my news site, I prefer an extension called GrayScale the Web... it tones down DrudgeReport great.
- (2023-10-31) Mr. Winterbottom: Tut was es soll.
- (2023-10-21) Mr Mehran: excellent image hider
- (2023-10-19) David Schwimmer: Great Extension!! It works amazing!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!
- (2023-09-10) Celine Razavi: thank you so much. I have autism and recently images have become a problem for me and this extension finally brought me peace so that I can use the web without a breakdown, thank you so much.
- (2023-08-29) Muhammad sami: Excellent app
- (2023-08-19) bartłomiej tomasz zabawa: it's what it says on the tin. it blocks images. it does what it's supposed to do
- (2023-08-13) Dan Robinson: This is awesome, I have never seen anything like it. I already greyscale the web but now I dont have to see any images and its like I've died and gone to low stim heaven. THANK YOU!
- (2023-06-20) B.W. Posen: Great tool! Even with a filter, some bad images can still get through. This supplements a filter to not show images by default, unless you specifically allow them. And it keeps the layout of the page so you can still see the site as normal. Thanks Elliot!!
- (2023-06-02) Arthur Daniel: Großartige Erweiterung. Besser als erwartet. Hoffe dass sie mal nen Jahr funktioniert.
- (2023-05-09) islamiboi dot com: excellent . very helpful for Muslims to lower gazes online.
- (2023-05-01) Shmuel Posner: I just Installed it and it is very good! Very easy to use! Accurate! Thank you!!
- (2023-03-24) Authmane Terki: AWESOME!!! EXCELLENT!!! EXACTLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR!!! GREAT!!!
- (2023-02-22) TNS: It doesn't images from downloading completely, just hides them behind a theme :(
- (2023-01-05) Noam Sl: Incredible
- (2022-11-05) J: it also blocks video not just images.
- (2022-09-03) nabil oins23: amazing
- (2022-09-01) Pavel Ermakov: Love it
- (2022-07-06) Mohamed: Amazing. Best Image Block. I like that it is selective, so I can view only one if I like. Also great that it works on youtube. On facebook, some minor problems exists, as: circular profile photos are not hidden, and also some photo are hidden with black not pattern and the eye icon button to view image does not appear on black, however its position is known int the upper right corner.
- (2022-06-13) Dor Brown: Amazing extension! works perfectly and is very helpful with concentrating on what's important.
- (2022-05-05) Eldad Levi: That's a good extension!
- (2022-04-25) Kalmen L Lowy: מצוין מאוד ליראי השם, בנוסף לפילטער חזק, עם שניהם ביחד אזי האינטערנעט מנוקה כמעט מכל וכל
- (2022-01-06) Константин Балащук: Great and unique plugin to clear web. Plz continue to maintain it.
- (2022-01-05) Netanel Lalazar: Amazing and very easy and accessible ! exactly what I needed to keep my eyes and browse the web safely
- (2021-12-28) Aiman Tajik: Best extension / tool for hide haram images
- (2021-12-27) Dmitry Patrakov: tried few image block extensions, this one is the best [x] displays placeholder for blocked images [x] has site exception list [x] has "eye" icon to show blocked image Meets all my requirements.
- (2021-09-01) زیندووبوونەوە Zindubunawa: Thanks, it is very helpful.. Wish to increase the size of the eye on the corner. Add more features like adding more patterns for the image... I suggest choosing manual Show/Hide Keyboard Key ..according to user input ------------------ some websites, you will get benefit you read their contents... there are english version of these websites if you look at the top borders https://quranenc.com/ku/home http://tanzil.net/#1:1 https://hadeethenc.com/ku/home https://sunnah.com/ https://hadeethenc.com/ar/home https://quranenc.com/ku/home http://www.islamland.com/eng/books https://www.muslim-library.com/?lang=English https://islamhouse.com/ku/main https://www.alukah.net/ https://islamqa.info/ar https://dorar.net/ https://ar.islamway.net/ https://islamic-content.com https://ar.islamway.net https://abuhusamassalafi.wordpress.com/ http://salafimanhaj.com/ https://abdurrahman.org/ http://www.salafimanhaj.com/ http://www.salaf.com/s/ https://www.abukhadeejah.com/ http://www.salafitalk.net/st/
- (2021-08-29) Muhammad Husnain: This app is great for Muslims to protect their eyes from the things which is not suitable for a Muslim in the perspective of Islam to away from the things which is harmful for a human or a Muslim.
- (2021-08-15) Aliaksei Yermalayeu: I would rate 5-stars if there will be hotkey or option to hide-unhide all the images on the web-site. Actually, that's the point of such extension - quickly hide-unhide ALL the images.
- (2021-07-03) AA W: save a lot of data flow
- (2021-06-30) Abaid Khan: very nice thank you
- (2021-04-07) goo gle: Hello Elliott. This extension is the best. I would like to ask for one thing. Facebook's profile picture is not hidden. Please fix this and you will be a hero. Thank you very much for making this extension.
- (2021-01-27) Krasen Radulov: Very good extension. The only thing is that on most websites when you pause, it doesn't hide the images. An example website is Youtube Music and Facebook.
- (2021-01-05) Giang Nguyễn Hoàng: Very goood. I love it. Very easy
- (2020-11-20) Sohaib Malik: Perfect App for image hiding. Loved it.
- (2020-11-20) সাদমান সৌহার্দ্য: Great work! Absolutely amazing.
- (2020-09-30) bob paul: Would be better if images could also automatically reveal by hovering the mouse cursor. I know this plugin isn't intended for saving bandwidth, but maybe add disabling image loading as an optional feature. And this is probably asking for too much, but in the future, make it possible to generate pseudo-images with analyzed (machine-read) text (in place of original text) and/or image description.
- (2020-09-28) AMOS: Almost unbelievable, it's one of the best extensions I've ever seen, really thank you very much
- (2020-06-30) ELC: Thanks you a lot
- (2020-04-01) Shlomo Dombroff: AMAZING!!! Have been using it for years. It blocks all images. If your computer is a little slow tan the image can load before the extension and you may be exposed to the image for a second. SO KNOW YOUR CONNECTION! IF IT'S SLOW THAN THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU!
- (2020-01-30) Mohamed Elashi: Wow...! Life saver
- (2020-01-12) Anuj Purushottam: Not only is the app. good, he also responded very promptly when I mailed him.
- (2019-11-23) Paul Faunik: This extension is awesome! Thank you for building such a thoughtful app. I find myself hiding / unhiding *quite frequently*. Is there any chance you can add a keyboard shortcut option to Chrome keyboard shortcuts options for a "toggle hide / unhide images"?
- (2019-11-22) Amud Hatzdokoh Trust: Excellent
- (2019-11-05) DisobeyThePope: Unusable because of critical bugs. Frequently the overlaid eye icon doesn't appear where it's supposed to and doesn't respond to clicks.
- (2019-11-03) Niloy K: great work I have been finding in my mind this type of app then finally i try to find and I got it .. just love for your work..
- (2019-10-28) Tomer R: Super great tool! Excellent!
- (2019-09-18) aryeh leib kirschner: Dear Elliot, great app, keep integrity of the page and allow specific safe images to display, a much appreciated application, the best I have found in the last 2 decades! I would like to suggest a tweak, if there were an option to either blur images or make the overlay semi-transparent eg 5 or 10%, that will allow for much more versatility of the app.
- (2019-08-26) Weston Greene: I have loved my distraction reduced browsing experience for years now with this tool. Thank you.
- (2019-08-26) Michiel van Kaam: As of a week or so it always seems to get corrupted after a short while, repair only works for a short while, as does removing and redownloading the extension, it always get's corrupted