Glubble

February 12, 2008 in Uncategorized with 6 Comments

Glubble

Glubble is a great plugin for the Firefox web browser that gives totally FREE parental controls! There are essentially two criteria for using it:

  1. you must use Firefox for web browsing
  2. you must have children that use the internet

Aimed at primary aged children, Glubble changes the look of the browser to a simple kid-friendly interface when they log-in limiting their browsing to a variety of ‘glubbles’.

Glubbles are bundles of content from the web, either editorially selected and collected by our resident expert on child content and published in the library for you to choose from. Or they can be created by you directly.

When adults log-in, firefox works as normal giving control over the kid accounts. The great thing about this software is the interaction. Kids can send messages to other family members, request that adults allow certain sites, and search the web through Glubble’s filters.

Glubble won’t work for older children and teens who can navigate their way around a computer and launch another browser (IE anyone?) but is a great choice for allowing younger children on the web. All I need now are some kids…

About Jon: I am a qualified youth worker, writer and consultant based in Littlehampton, UK. I've worked in the voluntary youth sector for over 12 years, am married to Kirsty and we have two daughters named Hope and Eloise. Check out 'Journeying Together: Growing Youth Work and Youth Workers in Local Communities' and read my opening chapter.

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6 Responses to “Glubble”

  1. Dave Johnson February 12, 2008 at 10:08 am #

    Jon,

    Your forget that Safari on OS X links into multiple users and therefore into OS X’s built into Parental Controls.

    Leaving only Windows users running Internet Explorer left in the dark.

    Reply
  2. Dave Johnson February 12, 2008 at 10:08 am #

    Jon,

    Your forget that Safari on OS X links into multiple users and therefore into OS X’s built into Parental Controls.

    Leaving only Windows users running Internet Explorer left in the dark.

    Reply
  3. Jon Roobottom October 21, 2008 at 4:42 pm #

    Jon, I know this is an old post, but I just found it weird how you've posted about Glubble. I was the designer for the first version of Glubble (probably the version you're posting about here).

    Reply
  4. Jon Jolly October 22, 2008 at 12:32 am #

    Hi Jon,

    Yeah, I know! I found out about Glubble from a post on your blog.
    Probably should have linked a trackback. ;)

    On 22 Oct 2008, at 00:43, “Disqus”

    Reply
  5. Jon Jolly October 22, 2008 at 7:32 am #

    Hi Jon,

    Yeah, I know! I found out about Glubble from a post on your blog.
    Probably should have linked a trackback. ;)

    On 22 Oct 2008, at 00:43, “Disqus”

    Reply
  6. Jon Jolly October 22, 2008 at 8:32 am #

    Hi Jon,

    Yeah, I know! I found out about Glubble from a post on your blog.
    Probably should have linked a trackback. ;)

    On 22 Oct 2008, at 00:43, “Disqus”

    Reply

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