This documentation is included with the current beta version of
+> This documentation is included with the current stable version of
Privoxy, v.2.9.14,
- and is mostly complete at this point. The most up to date reference for the
- time being is still the comments in the source files and in the individual
- configuration files. Development of version 3.0 is currently nearing
- completion, and includes many significant changes and enhancements over
- earlier versions. The target release date for
- stable v3.0 is "soon" ;-).
Since this is a beta version, not all new features are well tested. This
- documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result (especially with
- CVS sources). And there may be bugs, though hopefully
- not many!
In addition to Privoxy provides new features,
- some of them currently under development:
provides new features:
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 individual user settings.
Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and
generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over
- previous versions.
+ 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.
Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
-
User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
+> User-customizable HTML templates for all proxy-generated pages (e.g. "blocked" page).
Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
+> Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
Builds from source on most UNIX-like systems. Packages available for: Linux
- (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11,
- NetBSD and AmigaOS.
-
Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location basis, configuration
more powerful and versatile over-all.