- itself, it simply stops any communication with the remote server. If this
- is the only action that matches for this particular URL, then Privoxy will
- display its own BLOCKED page to let you now what has happened.
-
- * handle-as-image - forces Privoxy to treat this URL as if it were an image.
- Privoxy knows about common image types (e.g. GIF), but there are many
- situations where this does not apply. So we'll force it. This is
- particularly important for ad blocking, since once we can treat it as an
- image, we can make more intelligent decisisions on how to handle it. There
- are some limitations to this though. For instance, you can't just force an
- image substituion for an entire HTML page in most situations.
-
- * set-image-blocker - tells Privoxy what to display in place of an ad image
+ itself, it simply stops any communication with the remote server and sends
+ Privoxy's own built-in BLOCKED page instead to let you now what has
+ happened.
+
+ * handle-as-image - tells Privoxy to treat this URL as an image. Privoxy's
+ default configuration already does this for all common image types (e.g.
+ GIF), but there are many situations where this is not so easy to determine.
+ So we'll force it in these cases. This is particularly important for ad
+ blocking, since only if we know that it's an image of some kind, can we
+ replace it with an image of our choosing, instead of the Privoxy BLOCKED
+ page (which would only result in a "broken image" icon). There are some
+ limitations to this though. For instance, you can't just brute-force an
+ image substitution for an entire HTML page in most situations.
+
+ * set-image-blocker - tells Privoxy what to display in place of an ad image