configuration so complicated?</a></h3>
<p><span class="QUOTE">"Complicated"</span> is in the eye of the
- beholder. Those that are familiar with some of the underlying concepts,
- such as regular expression syntax, take to it like a fish takes to
- water. Also, software that tries hard to be <span class="QUOTE">"user
- friendly"</span>, often lacks sophistication and flexibility. There is
- always that trade-off there between power vs. easy-of-use. Furthermore,
- anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and implementations to enhance
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>.</p>
+ beholder.</p>
+
+ <p>Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are
+ already familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions,
+ HTTP and HTML, or are willing to become familiar with them to be able
+ to get the most out of a powerful and flexible tool such as
+ Privoxy.</p>
+
+ <p>While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default
+ installation up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of
+ background information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates
+ on the Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the
+ rest.</p>
+
+ <p>If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to reduce
+ the barrier of entry, please <a href="general.html#PARTICIPATE">get
+ involved</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN486" id="AEN486">3.11. What is the
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN488" id="AEN488">3.11. What is the
<tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a <span class=
"QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a></h3>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN537" id="AEN537">3.13. Instead of ads,
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN539" id="AEN539">3.13. Instead of ads,
now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
anything.</a></h3>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN554" id="AEN554">3.14. Why would anybody
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN556" id="AEN556">3.14. Why would anybody
want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a></h3>
<p>Remember that <a href="general.html#WHATSANAD">telling which image
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN560" id="AEN560">3.15. I see some images
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN562" id="AEN562">3.15. I see some images
being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how
do I get rid of this?</a></h3>