Proximodo 0.2 is out!

[kuruden]

Hi all,
First, a general remark, don't worry if your suggestions are not implemented right away, I append them to my todo list and don't forget them ;-) Up to now, all suggestions have been of great interest. I give priority to bugs and discrepancies, but new features will finally make their way through.

> sticky up a "feature request" topic

There is such a place on SourceForge.net. I also added a sticky topic to the General Discussion forum. Important: I'll regularly update the TODO list on the webpage, so check it before posting a feature request, it may have already been recorded.

> for really fast filter editing access, add a tree menu to the r-click options of the task bar icon

Ok

> enable/disable filtering with a single (left) click of the task bar icon

Ok

> add proximodo r-click functionality anywhere in the browser window

That's problematic: it makes the software dependant from both the OS and the browser. I really want to keep Proximodo multi-platform, and it should offer the same level of functionality under Windows, Linux or MacOS, whether you use Netscape, IE, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox, Konqueror or Safari. And I don't feel like learning to write a specific plug-in for each of them. I know it would be cool, some software makers do choose to design their product for a particular OS/browser, but it then costs at lot to widen its compatibility to other browsers. Take Firefox plugins: at each release of Firefox, all plug-ins stop working and their authors must rework them to make them compatible again! I really can't afford doing that, sorry.

But what I could do is keep an history of last accessed domains, to offer an add-to-list option in the taskbar.

On the other hand, if someone feels like starting such a plug-in project (open-source ;-) ) I could consider including in Proximodo a monitoring server, that would wait on an other port for stat requests or commands.

> i wouldn't mind seeing this application become as user friendly as possible

[lol] I was discussing this by mail with someone. That is indeed my dearest wish for Proximodo, that Gran'ma could install it and use it on her own. Once the GUI works smoothly and proxy/engine are bug-free, I would like to solicit the Proxo community for the design of a general-purpose default filter-set and complete default lists, that would need no user-tweaking for a cool and carefree web experience. Organising filters in folders would allow a single-click action for enabling/disabling whole features, such as "ad-removal" or "fast-browsing" (force cache usage). What do you think?

> option in the installer (and UI) to load proximodo at boot.

Ok (at least under Windows, because I assume Gran'ma doesn't use Linux)

> auto-configure the browser port according to filter status ("all" or "none")

Again, this is OS/browser dependent. Anyway, why would we restore browser settings, as long as the proxy does not alter pages when filtering is off? I suppose you mean when you shut down Proxo, but changing browser settings on proxy loading/shutdown raises issues (it may not work if a browser window is already open).

> auto-reload pages for which a new filter is applied, such as "no images".

I really don't know how to do that (without a plug-in). Once the browser retrieved a page through the proxy, it is on its own. The proxy cannot take the initiative to refresh the browser, the http protocol does not allow that. Unless keeping the persistent connection endlessly, and forcing an autorefresh every second (with a systematic 304 Not Modified response by the proxy) but that would be bad for traffic and prevent correct processing of genuine auto-refresh requests.

> visual indication, via the task bar icon

Ok