If no one objects, I'll remove this feature from the next version.
The option is still there, over three years later, and over ten years since the original request.
I don't think progressive mode JPG's hurt anything - I don't think there's any skin that gets thrown for a loop by them. In fact, I think that with some of the expander scripts being used in current skins, it is ineffective, even with limited bandwidth. But I'm always in favor of removing options that aren't needed, just to keep the UI stripped down.
And I've long suspected that people choose
Progressive mode because they think it's more modern and forward-looking than the alternative, which must be
regressive mode.
