minime28
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
R.I.P. Scott R. Lemmon
I just read about the death of Scott R.Lemmon and i was stunned for a while. He is the author of a web filtering program called The Proxomitron(Prox). I don't know the guy but his little program has transform my surfing experience upside down and benefited many people. I have been using it for a long time, 3-4 years, maybe even more? Prox is basically a filtering engine that lies between the internet and the browser. Ok, so what about it? You can set rules and proxo will amend webpages as they load in the browser. Hate the ads? You can replace them with a smiley. Don't like flash? You can replace the flash file with a URL to the flash. With a little HTML knowledge you can change any webpage to your liking. It requires no installation and runs quietly in the background. This is one program i will gladly pay for, yet it's free!
Scott has stopped development for a long time after suffering character attacks by a user who criticized a feature of the program. Did he creat this webpage knowing his clock was ticking? It's sad he stop the development of the program under such duress and i wonder if he was already suffering from a condition. Condolences to Scott's family. He has moved on but his program will continue to help the web community.
Scott has stopped development for a long time after suffering character attacks by a user who criticized a feature of the program. Did he creat this webpage knowing his clock was ticking? It's sad he stop the development of the program under such duress and i wonder if he was already suffering from a condition. Condolences to Scott's family. He has moved on but his program will continue to help the web community.
posted by 桔梗, 10:12 PM
