Firefox add-on Glubble too clunky and restrictive as a children's Internet filter
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 72.237.174.94]
on July 21, 2008 10:24 PM
"Really young children usually cannot type URLs without assistance, and haven't learned how (or why) to access search engines, the really "dangerous" part of the Internet."
I don't know about the reviewer's kids, but my six-year old can and does search Google and YouTube, and I agree that "safe search" is wholly inadequate. And you don't need to type in "bad words" to get "interesting results". I use a combination of adblock and Dansguardian to keep him on good sites, but even then I need to keep regular tabs on where he ends up.
Seems fishy to me that a filtering plugin designed for kids wouldn't block ecommerce sites. Aren't you supposed to be an adult to use them anyway?
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Firefox add-on Glubble too clunky and restrictive as a children's Internet filter
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 72.237.174.94] on July 21, 2008 10:24 PMI don't know about the reviewer's kids, but my six-year old can and does search Google and YouTube, and I agree that "safe search" is wholly inadequate. And you don't need to type in "bad words" to get "interesting results". I use a combination of adblock and Dansguardian to keep him on good sites, but even then I need to keep regular tabs on where he ends up.
Seems fishy to me that a filtering plugin designed for kids wouldn't block ecommerce sites. Aren't you supposed to be an adult to use them anyway?
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