Something interesting I came across today is a parental control addin for Firefox called Glubble. While I do not personally have a need for something like this, the idea is neat since it is something different from the whole “take over your computer” style program many parental control software suites employ. Glubble has a pretty (what I would consider at least) standard feature set which you would expect to see on any web controlling software.
However, although the idea is idea is somewhat unique, this review on Linux.com says it still has some work to do. From the article:
Since my 12-year-old son is not interested in NickJr.com or much of anything else that Glubble lets through the gates from go, in order to make Glubble work for him I have to spend an inordinate amount of time customizing it. Say he needs to do research on the American Revolution. He types “revolution” into the Google search bar on his super cool secret homepage — and gets zero results. OK, then he tries “war.” Zero. And he’s calling for Mom. Once again, the need for direct parental involvement in my children’s Internet activities becomes evident. That’s no surprise to me; I just thought maybe I’d try one more time.
If anyone else out there is using Glubble, I would be interested to hear about your experiences as I can see this coming an extremely useful deployment model in the future.
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