From: Hal B. <ha...@bu...> - 2005-02-25 00:09:08
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 11:04:38PM +0000, Simon Brassington wrote: > If these changes I want to make work out then who knows.... There are > a few other features I would like to see. I was initially attracted to > privoxy because of it's ability to alter content that's very unique > amongst proxies. It suits my purpose but I'm not sure about where the > design objectives are heading. Is it primarily a junk removing filter, > an alternative cache proxy like squid or maybe even heading towards a > socks type proxy? I'm not sure. You know originally it was all about ad blocking and privacy. The filtering came in to help in that regard. I don't see any reason to duplicate what Squid does, myself. The filtering proxy stuff is quite cool -- AND NEEDED!! > I guess it doesn't really matter if people find it useful for what it > does or could do. True, true ... I'm cc'ing the devel list in case anyone wants to chime in. > Simon > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:36:50 -0500, Hal Burgiss <ha...@bu...> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 07:42:23PM +0000, Simon Brassington wrote: > > > > > > Many thanks for the response. It's a shame that there isn't any active > > > development on privoxy but I do understand that other commitments > > > often have to take priority. I will do as you suggest and even if it > > > doesn't go any further, well, I'll have the functionality I would > > > like. > > > > > > I too have other commitments so this could take a while, nevertheless, > > > I would like to pursue this mini project. > > > > > > I'll keep you updated when there is some progress. > > > > OK, sounds good. Too bad we can't get a new generation of people > > active. At one time we have 5 or 6 very active participants. -- Hal Burgiss |