 gwionwild colonial boyPremium,ExMod 2001-08
join:2000-12-28
Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:1 | reply to Zhen-Xjell
Re: JUNKBUSTER REVIEW I haven't used it in a while, and one reason I dropped it is mentioned in the review. IJB seems to be supported by some real "guerilla anti ad" soldiers, and a lot of the prepackaged blockfiles are just plain draconian. If you use some of the most complete ones, you almost end up with a text based browser. Therefore, I was always manually editing ini files. Unfortunately, I actually DO like doing things with my computers, now and then, other than configuring stuff  . It's also slow. It can do some exotic things, but Proxomitron seems able to do the same and even more, as does a new, but still rough-edged app I've tried, but put on hold 'til it comes out of beta, called "JProxy," available, for the brave at heart, at the Source Forge archive. IJB can also be slow. It's an old app, and hasn't been either formally updated or recompiled elsewhere in ages.
I used to recommend IJB heartily, but it looks to me as though improvements in apps like proxomitron, etc. are fast deprecating this old standby. It's too much work, very simply. It might be good for some code hackers, out there, who want to recompile the source, something like that. It has mystified me that nobody's made a TCL or Java front end for it, too... it would seem easy, and I thought about writing a simple IF in TCL, some time back, before Zhenn (did remember to say thanks for all the work?) introduced me to Proxomitron. Right now, I think I consider IJB a second choice on a windows system. Just doesn't have the same firepower, and the config gets annoying, real quick. Makes a good filter for a 'nix box, or on an internet gateway, perhaps, but as a local filter, it's been passed by. Great app, and one of the pioneers, but all things pass. It still has a place... but most of us will absolutely feel more comfortable with a few of the newer, GUI'ed offerings. My thoughts, for now... thanks, Zhenn. hat was an exhaustive trial, and you sure earned a big Thank You from everyone.
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