MackDiesel2010 wrote:I agree that C conversion and program development should come first.
@deXter
proxy functionality is somewhat pointless for paying users. A demo proxy would be a great way to show off the ad removal, but proxies are slow. I know that when I need to use a proxy, I couldn't care less about ads and popups, as the most annoying thing is how slow the pages load. Also, most proxies now have *basic* popup removal functionality. an ad-muncher proxy would not save much load time, and at the office or school, people don't use proxies to get around ads. Such a service for paying admuncher users would not be practical or worth the increased load times.
Of course, if I needed a proxy for circumventing a blocked site at my school, an ad-muncher proxy service would be my first choice, but that's beside my point.
I for one would love to use such a service when I'm away from my home PC. Proxies aren't necessarily slow, I regularly use free anonymous proxies to surf the net, with good speeds too. Well, sure, if you're having a 10Mbps+ connection, you might find it "slow", but I don't find a difference on my 2Mbps line.
I know a lot of people who wouldn't mind using a slightly slow proxy than see all the Ads on some sites. The proxy needn't be run on CGI, it could provide http / socks servies too, making it much more faster, efficient and reliable. I'm running a socks Ad Muncher proxy locally right now, and it works like a charm. I'm using it to surf Ad-free on my Pocket PC, and on a pc that runs QNX. I personally don't find any difference in performance using my local AM-socks proxy.
You know that we can't run Ad Muncher on any other platforms, so this is another advantage of having an AM proxy. Imagine those who use smartphones and such for accessing the net on-the-move, using GPRS or EDGE. Their net is slow as it is, and some providers even charge by the amount of data downloaded. Imagine also being bombarded with Ads at the same time- not only is it slowing down their net, its also increasing their bills as well as wasting precious screen space (since smartphones screens are small). An AM proxy would be immensely useful in such cases. A few of my friends are already pestering me to give them access to my proxy so that they can surf Ad free on their smartphones.
Of course, I too agree with the fact that AM development should get first priority (its been ages already since we've been hearing about gzip / http 1.1 / C ), but my point here is that not only is the proxy-for-registered-users idea very useful and feasibe, it also requires minimal effort to set it up. So this is something that should be on the AM team's plans, if not now, atleast in the near future.