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[privoxy.git] / doc / source / newfeatures.sgml

diff --git a/doc/source/newfeatures.sgml b/doc/source/newfeatures.sgml
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--- a/doc/source/newfeatures.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/newfeatures.sgml
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@
 
  Purpose     :  Entity included in other project documents.
                 
- $Id: newfeatures.sgml,v 1.5 2002/04/18 01:05:12 hal9 Exp $
+ $Id: newfeatures.sgml,v 2.9 2008/01/22 17:34:54 fabiankeil Exp $
 
- Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
- Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
-
- Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
- by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and 
- Junkbusters Corporation.  http://www.junkbusters.com
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ See LICENSE.
 
  ======================================================================
   This file used for inclusion with other documents only.
@@ -28,76 +24,76 @@
 <para>
  <itemizedlist>
 
- <listitem>
-  <para>
-   Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at <ulink
-   url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
-   (shortcut: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>). Browser-based
-   tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
-  </para>
- </listitem> 
 <!--
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Modularized configuration that will allow for system wide settings, and
-   individual user settings. (not implemented yet, probably a 3.1 feature)
+  FIXME: complete the list of features. change the order: most important
+  features to the top of the list. prefix new features with "NEW".
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 -->
  <listitem>
   <para>
-    Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows.
+     Can keep outgoing connections alive and reuse them later on.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   HTTP/1.1 compliant (but not all optional 1.1 features are supported).
+     Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour
+     based on client and server headers.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and 
-   generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over
-   previous versions. 
+     Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
+     configure browsers individually.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   GIF de-animation. 
-  </para>
+     Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and client
+     headers. 
+   </para>
  </listitem> 
- 
+
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size,
-   invisible <quote>web-bugs</quote>, JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-ups, etc.)
+     Can be chained with other proxies.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
- 
+
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
+   Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at <ulink
+   url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
+   (shortcut: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>). Browser-based
+   tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
- 
+
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
+   Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
+   invisible <quote>web-bugs</quote>, JavaScript and HTML annoyances, 
+   pop-up windows, etc.)
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
+   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.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
+   Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and 
+   a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
@@ -109,18 +105,40 @@
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
+   GIF de-animation. 
   </para>
-</listitem> 
+ </listitem> 
+ 
+ <listitem>
+  <para>
+   Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
+  </para>
+ </listitem> 
+ 
+ <listitem>
+  <para>
+   Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
+  </para>
+ </listitem> 
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   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.
+   User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. "blocked" page).
+  </para>
+ </listitem> 
+
+ <listitem>
+  <para>
+   Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
   </para>
  </listitem> 
 
+ <listitem>
+  <para>
+   Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
+  </para>
+</listitem> 
+
  <listitem>
   <para>
    Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location basis, configuration
@@ -130,7 +148,7 @@
 
  <listitem>
   <para>
-   Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed, and security holes fixed.
+   Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
   </para>
 </listitem>