diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 2e31a080af..1924df20dc 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
# Cross-domain AJAX requests
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Serve cross-domain ajax requests, disabled.
+# Serve cross-domain Ajax requests, disabled by default.
# enable-cors.org
# code.google.com/p/html5security/wiki/CrossOriginRequestSecurity
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@
#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CORS-enabled images (@crossorigin)
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Send CORS headers if browsers request them; enabled by default.
+# developer.mozilla.org/en/CORS_Enabled_Image
+# blog.chromium.org/2011/07/using-cross-domain-images-in-webgl-and.html
+# hacks.mozilla.org/2011/11/using-cors-to-load-webgl-textures-from-cross-domain-images/
+
+
+
+ SetEnvIf Origin ":" IS_CORS
+ Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" env=IS_CORS
+
+
+
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Webfont access
diff --git a/img/.gitignore b/img/.gitignore
index 4397c3a32c..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/img/.gitignore
+++ b/img/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-!.gitignore
-
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0304860e5f..c5b4b89f0a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@