Technology Project 2: Better Browsing Control

Running Chrome on Windows 10 does not let you use proxy-switchy by default because Chrome on Windows 10 disables the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) which proxy-switchy was developed with, allegedly for security reasons. If you run Chrome on Windows 10, there are at least four possible solutions:

1. Configure Chrome to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and add the proxy-switchy extension (untested by me, reported working online).

2. Find another proxy extension that works. Proxy SwitchySharp? should do it. I suspect this is what happened to LeonHuang? .

3. Use a different browser. Firefox is the easiest one. (I am still trying to find a good text-based browser.)

4. Change the system-wide network settings. (I've used this before. Should still work like it does for IE/Safari. This may be preferable if you have a lot of other traffic outside of the browser that you don't want shouting your real IP address.)

-- JoeBruner - 26 Mar 2018

And, finished.

-- JoeBruner - 26 Mar 2018