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This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked questions
about Privoxy .
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Table of Contents
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1. General Information
1.1. What is this new version of Privoxy?
7.1. Copyright
7.2. History
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1. General Information
1.1. What is this new version of Privoxy?
1.4. What are some of the new features?
- * FIXME: complete the list of features. change the order: most important
- features to the top of the list. prefix new features with "NEW".
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* Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at http://
config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based tracing of rule
and filter effects. Remote toggling.
- * Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows.
+ * Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size, invisible
+ "web-bugs", JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-up windows, etc.)
+
+ * Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user
+ settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions
+ files won't overwrite idividual user settings.
* HTTP/1.1 compliant (but not all optional 1.1 features are supported).
and generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over
previous versions.
- * GIF de-animation.
+ * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
- * Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size, invisible
- "web-bugs", JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-ups, etc.)
+ * GIF de-animation.
* Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
* Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
- * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
+ * User-customizable HTML templates for all proxy-generated pages (e.g.
+ "blocked" page).
- * User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
-
- * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
+ * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
* Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).