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Images Did Not Load On Google

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inquiringmind
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About 1:30 this afternoon I ran a google search, and usually a line of four or five images responsive to the search appear near the top; however, this time, although there was a line identifying images responsive to the search there simply was a long rectangle which was blocked out. Moreover, on further search results as I scrolled down the page there were a few YouTube entries but where the screen capture from the video ordinarily would appear there was just a blacked out box.

Was this a failure of the images to load, and why did this happen?

I never experienced this before, and so I just closed out the tab, tried the same search, and the images and YouTube screen stills seemingly loaded properly.

About 1:30 this afternoon I ran a google search, and usually a line of four or five images responsive to the search appear near the top; however, this time, although there was a line identifying images responsive to the search there simply was a long rectangle which was blocked out. Moreover, on further search results as I scrolled down the page there were a few YouTube entries but where the screen capture from the video ordinarily would appear there was just a blacked out box. Was this a failure of the images to load, and why did this happen? I never experienced this before, and so I just closed out the tab, tried the same search, and the images and YouTube screen stills seemingly loaded properly.

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cor-el
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If images are missing then check that you do not block images from some domains.

  • Press the F10 key or tap the Alt key to bring up the hidden Menu bar.

Check the permissions for the domain in the currently selected tab in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"

Check "Tools > Page Info > Media" for blocked images

  • Select the first image link and use the cursor Down key to scroll through the list.
  • If an image in the list is grayed and "Block Images from..." has a check-mark then remove this check-mark to unblock images from this domain.

Make sure that you do not block (third-party) images, the permissions.default.image pref on the about:config page should be 1.

Make sure that you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the Windows/Mac Accessibility settings.

Make sure that you allow pages to choose their own colors.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"

Note that these settings affect background images.

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There are extensions like Adblock Plus (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and security software (firewall, anti-virus) that can block images and other content.

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