Praising Opera 9

[ubuntu at rio.vg]

Alexander Skwar wrote:
>>>
>> You can't change the settings from within the web browser,
> 
> So it's more cumbersome.

Actually, I'd say the opposite.  Though you can't change the settings
from within the browser, unlike AdBlock, you don't have to.  It just works.

>>  Especially since I've only had to change
>> its settings maybe half a dozen times in the last four years or so.
>> With privoxy, I don't have to play whack-a-mole with every web page I visit.
> 
> Well, as those ad sources constantly change (to battle tools like
> Adblock+ or Privoxy), it'll be always necessary to update the block
> list.

If you say so.  The only times I've had to go in and make changes myself
were to unblock a couple of sites, since I have it scrubbing cookies and
killing annoying animated gifs and whatnot.

>> I don't know what you mean by collapsing layers.
> 
> If a layer <div> is empty because the content is blocked, does privoxy
> remove the complete layer? Suppose there was an image of 468x80 and
> it was blocked - what's happening with the now free space? Basically: Does
> privoxy do web page rewriting? Because that'll be required for such a
> feature to work.

Yes, it will edit the web page.  What process it uses, I really haven't
looked into.  It just works, so I don't have to bother with the
whack-a-mole process AdBlock requires.