Reviews of Proxomitron

1. 
   fv1fv

   Reviewing 4.5 (Aug 14, 2009)

   The anybrowser sh11t blocker. Runs through WINE. Gentoo Dapper, Tiger: Platinum , Gold http://appdb.winehq.org/...=application&iId=39
   Takes a while to learn the tools prx has. But noobz can still use. Be sure to download a current filterset.
   How-to's? Filter syntax resembles regex. Prx also has builtin "commands" (like functions). Reread Scott's help html often.
   Castlecops is down, but there's yahoo group and prxbx.com/forums, and google for some old pages with good info. Users who write filters tend to become specialists. :-)
   
   Constantly hoping an oss team will consider a fresh rewrite of this unique app. Would like an easier config-interface. A full "IDE" would be nice.
2. 
   Aires

   Reviewing 4.5 (Mar 6, 2008)

   Seeing as how there's not been a review of Proxomitron for nearly 4 years I thought I'd post one to say it still works, filters are still regularly updated and released, and it's still as effective and trouble free as ever. I highly recommend this over paid versions - still outstanding after all this time and the author is sadly missed.
3. 
   kmleow

   Reviewing 4.5 (Aug 14, 2004)

   The best proxy server with filtering feature. Customise the filters the way you want it. Imagine what you can do with it. Let say there is a website that requires you to click on a button every 10 minutes. What you can do is to program proxomitron to rewrite the webpage to include javascripts that auto-loads the said page after 10 minutes. Good eh? Sounds like cheating paid-to-surf programs.
   
   I submitted several filters to Scott long time ago.
   
   It is sad that he passed away.
   
   I hope Scott's family would release the source code of Proxomitron so that this superb program can be maintained by the fans.
   
   Privoxy is a good open source alternative to this program. However, the most recent version I tested 3.0.3, waits for the entire page to be downloaded before the filtering engine kicks in. This is not a good way to do it.
   
   Proxomitron starts filtering without waiting for the entire page to be fully downloaded first.
4. 
   coppit

   Reviewing 4.5 (Jul 30, 2004)

   I love this program, but the author is dead. :(
   
   Does anyone know of a good alternative? Privoxy? Webwasher?
5. 
   httpd.confused

   Reviewing 4.5 (Jul 5, 2004)

   I give it a 3 as an average between a 5 for effectiveness, and a 1 for usability. The interface, general design, and usability is absolutely awful.
   
   As just one small example, I was hoping to find a way to exclude a particular site from Proxomitron's filtering. I found "Bypass List.txt". Great, I thought, I'm all set! But wait, the entries shown in that file look like this:
   
   [^/]++windowsupdate.(microsoft|).com[:/]
   
   So, umm, OK, great, thanks a lot. Ad Muncher is leaps and bounds better than Proxomitron in terms of interface.

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