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I went to a site that for some reason wouldn't allow any images to be
displayed. I looked at it with my Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox
browsers with the same effect. A friend of mine looked at it with his
browser and didn't have any problem. When I right clicked and 'viewed
image', I received this screen that showed 'forbidden'. I'm using
XPpro and both browsers are set to view all images so... any ideas
anyone?

Another issue - since downloading and installing the latest version of
Firefox, some of the ebay buttons don't open up new windows as they
used to (yet my Internet Explorer does, albeit so slowly).

A couple of issues I've been living with though they are a bit of a
hassle... TIA for any pointers.

Chris wrote:
> I went to a site that for some reason wouldn't allow any images to be
> displayed. I looked at it with my Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox
> browsers with the same effect. A friend of mine looked at it with his
> browser and didn't have any problem. When I right clicked and 'viewed
> image', I received this screen that showed 'forbidden'. I'm using
> XPpro and both browsers are set to view all images so... any ideas
> anyone?
>
> Another issue - since downloading and installing the latest version of
> Firefox, some of the ebay buttons don't open up new windows as they
> used to (yet my Internet Explorer does, albeit so slowly).
>
> A couple of issues I've been living with though they are a bit of a
> hassle... TIA for any pointers.
In FireFox, Tools, Options, Web features. You will find options
there that might solve your problem. Good Luck

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Enjoy Life And Live It To Its Fullest
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Chris wrote:
> I went to a site that for some reason wouldn't allow any images to be
> displayed. I looked at it with my Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox
> browsers with the same effect. A friend of mine looked at it with his
> browser and didn't have any problem. When I right clicked and 'viewed
> image', I received this screen that showed 'forbidden'. I'm using
> XPpro and both browsers are set to view all images so... any ideas
> anyone?
>
> Another issue - since downloading and installing the latest version of
> Firefox, some of the ebay buttons don't open up new windows as they
> used to (yet my Internet Explorer does, albeit so slowly).
>
> A couple of issues I've been living with though they are a bit of a
> hassle... TIA for any pointers.
In Thunderbird, Tools, Options, Advanced tab. You will find options
that will help there. Good Luck

--
Old Gringo George
Magic Weaver Of Life
Enjoy Life And Live It To Its Fullest
Freedom For The World <http://www.nuboy-Industries.com>

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:40:49 -0700, in message
*<>, Chris wrote:

> I went to a site that for some reason wouldn't allow any images to be
> displayed.

Only guesses can be provided. You've not provided the URL of the site.
The lack of URL may also fuel speculation.

> I looked at it with my Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox
> browsers with the same effect.

Thunderbird is not a web browser. It is an email & newsgroups client.

> A friend of mine looked at it with his
> browser and didn't have any problem. When I right clicked and 'viewed
> image', I received this screen that showed 'forbidden'. I'm using
> XPpro and both browsers are set to view all images

I presume that "both browsers" means your browser and your friend's browser,
rather than your Firefox and your Thunderbird.

> so... any ideas
> anyone?

Some guesses

1. A "net-nanny" type of program is blocking the images.

Perhaps you are viewing the site at work, and the images
are banner ads from a known pr0n site that your work
blocks.

2. You have disabled sending the "Referrer", and the site won't
deliver images to your browser without the "Referrer".

Your friend has not disabled sending the "Referrer".

3. The images require a plug-in which is installed on
your friend's browser but not on your own browser.

4. The friend's browser is IE, and the image URLs in the page
use "\" in place of the standard "/".

5. The friend's browser is IE, and the page contains MS-Office
proprietary XML for the images, not standard HTML.


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