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past and make a name in their own right.</p>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is the <span class=
- "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">Privacy Enhancing
- Proxy</span>"</span>. Also, its content modification and junk
- suppression gives <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">you</span>, the
- user, more control, more freedom, and allows you to browse your
- personal and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">private</span> edition"</span> of the web.</p>
+ "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Privacy Enhancing
+ Proxy</i></span>"</span>. Also, its content modification and junk
+ suppression gives <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">you</i></span>, the user, more control, more freedom, and
+ allows you to browse your personal and <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">private</i></span>
+ edition"</span> of the web.</p>
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is twofold:</p>
<p>First, there are certain patterns in the <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">locations</span> (URLs) of banner images. This
- applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many web sites serve
- their banners from a directory called <span class=
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">locations</i></span> (URLs) of banner
+ images. This applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many web
+ sites serve their banners from a directory called <span class=
"QUOTE">"banners"</span>!) and the host (blocking the big banner
hosting services like doublecklick.net already helps a lot).
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> takes advantage of this fact
that sound like they would be ads or banners.</p>
<p>Second, banners tend to come in certain <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">sizes</span>. But you can't tell the size of an
- image by its URL without downloading it, and if you do, it's too late
- to save bandwidth. Therefore, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- also inspects the HTML sources of web pages while they are loaded, and
- replaces references to images with standard banner sizes by dummy
- references, so that your browser doesn't request them anymore in the
- first place.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">sizes</i></span>. But you can't tell the
+ size of an image by its URL without downloading it, and if you do, it's
+ too late to save bandwidth. Therefore, <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> also inspects the HTML sources of web
+ pages while they are loaded, and replaces references to images with
+ standard banner sizes by dummy references, so that your browser doesn't
+ request them anymore in the first place.</p>
<p>Both of this involves a certain amount of guesswork and is, of
course, freely and readily configurable.</p>
<p>That depends on your expectations. The default installation should
give you a good starting point, and block <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">most</span> ads and unwanted content, but many
- of the more advanced features are off by default, and require you to
- activate them.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">most</i></span> ads and unwanted
+ content, but many of the more advanced features are off by default, and
+ require you to activate them.</p>
<p>You do have to set up your browser to use <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> (see the <a href=
does the same things as Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at
all?</a></h3>
- <p>Modern browsers do indeed have <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">some</span> of the same functionality as
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. Maybe this is adequate for
- you. But <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is very versatile and
+ <p>Modern browsers do indeed have <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">some</i></span> of the same functionality as <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. Maybe this is adequate for you. But
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is very versatile and
powerful, and can probably do a number of things your browser just
can't.</p>
trust Privoxy?</a></h3>
<p>The most important reason is because you have access to <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">everything</span>, and you can control
- everything. You can check every line of every configuration file
- yourself. You can check every last bit of source code should you
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">everything</i></span>, and you can
+ control everything. You can check every line of every configuration
+ file yourself. You can check every last bit of source code should you
desire. And even if you can't read code, there should be some comfort
in knowing that other people can, and do read it. You can build the
software from scratch, if you want, so that you know the executable is
- clean, and that it is <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">yours</span>.
- In fact, we encourage this level of scrutiny. It is one reason we use
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> ourselves.</p>
+ clean, and that it is <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">yours</i></span>. In fact, we encourage this level of
+ scrutiny. It is one reason we use <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> ourselves.</p>
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for more information on the license and copyright. Or the <tt class=
"FILENAME">LICENSE</tt> file that should be included.</p>
- <p>There is <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">no warranty</span> of
- any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That is something that would
- cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.</p>
+ <p>There is <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">no
+ warranty</i></span> of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That
+ is something that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration
+ either.</p>
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<h4 class="SECT3"><a name="PARTICIPATE" id="PARTICIPATE">1.17.1.
Would you like to participate?</a></h4>
- <p>Well, we <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">always</span> need
- help. There is something for everybody who wants to help us. We
- welcome new developers, packagers, testers, documentation writers or
- really anyone with a desire to help in any way. You <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">DO NOT</span> need to be a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"programmer"</span>. There are many other tasks available. In
- fact, the programmers often can't spend as much time programming
- because of some of the other, more mundane things that need to be
- done, like checking the Tracker feedback sections or responding to
- user questions on the mailing lists.</p>
+ <p>Well, we <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">always</i></span> need help. There is something for
+ everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
+ testers, documentation writers or really anyone with a desire to help
+ in any way. You <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">DO
+ NOT</i></span> need to be a <span class="QUOTE">"programmer"</span>.
+ There are many other tasks available. In fact, the programmers often
+ can't spend as much time programming because of some of the other,
+ more mundane things that need to be done, like checking the Tracker
+ feedback sections or responding to user questions on the mailing
+ lists.</p>
<p>So first thing, subscribe to the <a href=
"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users" target=
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