diff --git a/js/interface_common.js b/js/interface_common.js
index b0b28f4..7720ef4 100644
--- a/js/interface_common.js
+++ b/js/interface_common.js
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ function composeNewPost(e, postAreaNew) {
 }
 
 function posPostPreview(event) {
+    if (!$.Options.postPreview.val)
+        return;
+
     var textArea = $(event.target);
     var postPreview = textArea.siblings('#post-preview');
     if (!postPreview.length) {
diff --git a/js/interface_localization.js b/js/interface_localization.js
index d2ea970..33d71e0 100644
--- a/js/interface_localization.js
+++ b/js/interface_localization.js
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "en"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "es"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Presentación de mensajes",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Vista previa de imágenes en línea",
       "Display": "Mostrar",
       "Line feeds": "Avances de línea",
@@ -776,6 +778,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "uk"){
       "Send key": "Надсилання твістів",
       "Posts display": "Відображення твістів",
       "Post editor": "Редактор твістів",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Контекстний перегляд зображення",
       "Display": "Відображати",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -1055,6 +1058,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "zh-CN"){
       "Send key": "发送键",
       "Posts display": "推文显示",
       "Post editor": "信息编辑器",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "内嵌图像预览",
       "Display": "显示",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -1350,6 +1354,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "nl"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -1625,6 +1630,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "it"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -1903,6 +1909,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "fr"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -2183,6 +2190,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "ru"){
        "Send key": "Отправка сообщения",
        "Posts display": "Отображение сообщений",
        "Post editor": "Редактор сообщения",
+       "Post preview": "Предпросмотр сообщений",
        "Inline image preview": "Предпросмотр изображений",
        "Display": "Показывать",
        "Line feeds": "Переходы на новую строку",
@@ -2467,6 +2475,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "de"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Nachrichten-Editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -2742,6 +2751,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "ja"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -3023,6 +3033,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "pt-BR"){
       "Send key": "Send key",
       "Posts display": "Posts display",
       "Post editor": "Post editor",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Inline image preview",
       "Display": "Display",
       "Line feeds": "Line feeds",
@@ -3291,6 +3302,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "tr"){
       "Send key": "Gönderme tuşu",
       "Posts display": "Gönderiler",
       "Post editor": "Gönderi düzenleyici",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Dahili resim ön izleme",
       "Display": "Göster",
       "Line feeds": "Satır sonları",
@@ -3576,6 +3588,7 @@ if(preferredLanguage == "cs"){
       "Send key": "Klávesa pro odeslání",
       "Posts display": "Zobrazení příspěvků",
       "Post editor": "Editor příspěvků",
+      "Post preview": "Post preview",
       "Inline image preview": "Náhled vložených obrázků",
       "Display": "Zobrazit",
       "Line feeds": "Nové řádky",
diff --git a/js/options.js b/js/options.js
index 99c6f65..936c5f1 100644
--- a/js/options.js
+++ b/js/options.js
@@ -142,9 +142,15 @@ function twisterOptions() {
         valDefault: 'apply'
     });
     this.add({
-        name: 'displayPreview',
+        name: 'displayPreview',  // it's inline image preview  // FIXME we need some mechanism to rename options safely
         valDefault: 'disable'
     });
+    this.add({
+        name: 'postPreview',
+        selector: '#optPostPreview',
+        type: 'checkbox',
+        valDefault: true
+    });
     this.add({
         name: 'unicodeConversion',
         valDefault: 'disable',
diff --git a/options.html b/options.html
index 22b6a97..be7a2f6 100644
--- a/options.html
+++ b/options.html
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@
         <div class="post-editor">
           <div class="module">
             <p class="label label-h"> Post editor </p>
+            <div class="container">
+                <p><span class="label">Post preview</span> <input type="checkbox" id="optPostPreview" /></p>
+            </div>
             <div class="container">
               <form action="" id="unicodeConversionOpt">
                 <p class="label">Automatic unicode conversion options</p>