Glubble is a great plugin for the Firefox web browser that gives totally FREE parental controls! There are essentially two criteria for using it:
- you must use Firefox for web browsing
- 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…
6 responses to “Glubble”
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.
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.
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).
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”
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”
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”