Controlling what is sent to my browser

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  • Heinz Schmitz

    Controlling what is sent to my browser

    Please forgive me if this question is outside the province of this
    newsgroup, but as scripts are/may be involved, you might be able
    to send me along a good road.

    If I tell my browser to load a page, the sender of this page will
    force me to accept content and appearance (data and make-up).
    Very often, however, I would like to get only part of the data, or a
    different make-up.

    What I have seen until now (XUL, XPCOM, Chrome) will allow
    me to work on the data after it has come in and been displayed
    by the browser.
    But the most efficient way would be to get control over the stream
    as it comes in. Where would I go to get there? Is there a way to
    do it by reaching into Firefoxes gearbox or would I have to write
    a new browser?

    Thanks & regards,
    H.


  • Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

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    Re: Controlling what is sent to my browser

    Heinz Schmitz wrote:
    But the most efficient way would be to get control over the stream
    as it comes in. Where would I go to get there?
    An HTTP proxy server that is either transparent, running on another
    computer in your local network, or a non-transparent one that is used
    by your Web user agent (here: Firefox).
    Is there a way to do it by reaching into Firefoxes gearbox or would
    I have to write a new browser?
    No. Obviously you can't hide what you don't know.


    HTH

    PointedEars
    --
    realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
    evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
    madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
    -- Bjoern Hoehrmann

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