sidki's config set: 2005-06-09

[sidki3003]

This is the 6/9 release. Reusing the 12/15 thread.

I've uploaded a new version of my config set (cross-post).

I wish to especially thank three people who helped a lot with the last versions:
Mona contributed a bunch of ideas and code, ProxRocks tested the betas high and low, and JJoe applied his excellent editing skills to the docs.

Here is the change log since April 2:

Quote: Small external ad scripts aren't broken anymore, but their content is
replaced.

New level-3 filters: "<frameset>: Jump out of Ad Frames" and "<div>
Remove: Ad Sources". (Disabled while using "Light Settings".)

Blocking of images and Flash objects that contain the controversial
string "banner" in their path has become a bit more aggressive.
However, it can be turned off by unticking the new option "Block Off-
Domain Banners" (or amplified by selecting "Block On-Domain Banners").

Proxomitron menu: A third "Session" button temporarily changes
selected config options, until it is pressed again without having
selected anything or the config is reloaded.
Hitting "Go" without checking any options now strips all keywords from
the URL.
"Popularity" link replaces former "Link To" (see Prox_Menu.txt).
Javascript Shell upgraded to version 1.3 for Mozilla/Opera (IE still
gets v1.1 due to a bug in v1.2/1.3).

Window handling: Some more options added. Fix for requested popups
that need to load an unrequested popup in order to work. Fix for
"JS Links to normal Links" filter to suppress window resizing when
opening converted links.

AdComments.ptxt: Obsolete entries removed, new entries added, generic
rules rewritten (just one unhashed entry left).

Count.ptxt: Rewritten to no longer user recursive calls and to not
show up in the log window - by Mike/z12, Mona, and me.

Caching header filters improved - by Mike/z12 and me.

Malware ClassID filters: Also match chopped IDs
(example: http://www.mt-download.com/mtrslib2.js ).

Keycodes changed to work better with Firefox and Opera
(see Abbreviations.txt).

The content of XML documents that don't come with the correct content-
type is sniffed, and protected from filtering if it's not (X)HTML.

Redirects from images, CSS, JS with standard extensions to documents
with non-standard extensions (i.e. some sort of 404 error pages) are
killed now - they tend to slow down page loading
(real 404s get killed as well).

The old AdKeys.ptxt was merged into AdList.ptxt, thus reducing the
previous AdKeys -> AdList -> AdHosts/AdDomains/AdPaths chain by one
link. The previous AdStrings.ptxt in turn is now called AdKeys.ptxt.

If you know the class/ID/name of a tag block that you want to see
removed on a specific site, you can add it to AdKeys-S.ptxt. This list
is scanned by the "Remove: Ad Containers on sel. Sites" webfilter.

Various bugfixes and improvements.

Snippet from the ReadMe:

Quote:This config should work with all Gecko Browsers and IE clones > 5.5, Opera 7.x
(a few config features disabled), Netscape 4.x, NCSA Mosaic, and OffByOne (many
features disabled). It may well be incompatible with IE 5.x or Opera 6.
Most of the time i use it with Firefox.

It can be set up to just surf the web. Proxomitron would then be the quiet
friend running in the background. However, it is actually intended for people
that are curious about what is happening under the hood of webpages.

The set is a bit complex and will likely be difficult for some people to
maintain. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(included).

ReadMe - Config (onsite link, 262 KB) - Updates - Online FAQ - Homepage.


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