Block image or element?

[Azo]

What is best? To block one image or hide the element? In terms of browser performance - stability and speed.

Example:

http://www.example.com/image.png

or

example.com##image

* Sorry about my poor english.

[Michael]

What is best? To block one image or hide the element? In terms of browser performance - stability and speed.

Blocking images reduces the amount of data you download from the Internet and is therefore the preferred method for subscription authors to remove images.

[Azo]

Thank you for the reply, but the question was misunderstood. Both ways of blocking the image will work. I just don't know what method will make my navigation faster. The image will be hided in both ways.

[Hubird]

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http://www.example.com/image.png

Adding the above into ABP will prevent the image form ever loading (blocking it), potentially improving performance.

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example.com##image

Above is a hiding rule, image is still download but hidden before you get a chance to see it.

As the image is still downloaded you will not get any performance improvements.

Hiding rules like above are generally only used to to remove empty space where an ad once was

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example.com##EmptyAdSpace

As Michael said, blocking is the preferred way of dealing with unwanted images.