> What is difference between using near flag (get
> non-html related in options) versus using following
> filters that are provided by default:
> 
> +*.png +*.gif +*.jpg +*.css +*.js
> -ad.doubleclick.net/* -mime:application/foobar
> 
> Has above filter line became obsolete? I notice in
> previous threads people are told to use Near flag
> instead of this filter line, but why? What is
> difference?
What about bmp, jpeg? Don't you want those also?
If the image file is named somewhere/whatever.jpg there is no difference.

If the image file is named somewhere/getImage.php?ID=xxx the near flag will
get it (as would +mime:image/*) but the filter would not.

If you want everything use the near flag. If you want specific file types use
the mime filters. The filters will only work for sites that use standard
extensions, not generally.