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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/glubble.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/glubble.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54d04e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/glubble.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Not content with the content filtering built in to your favorite OS? Well, now you can filter via the Firefox browser. Glaxstar, a Firefox plugin developer, has launched an extension for the popular browser which allows parents to sandbox the internet. + +[Glubble][1], which, according the site, is short for global bubble, is essentially an extensive white list filter. With the add-on installed users can only visit pre-approved sites allowing parent to filter online content and control what their children are exposed to on the net. + +Glubble is a free add-on and you can grab your copy from the site, but keep in mind that it's currently in a beta test phase. + +There are a number of other content filtering solutions out there, but Glubble offers some very fine tuned features including the ability to search Google and only return approved sites. + +If you're familiar with the Ad-block Plus add-on, Glubble offers very similar means of building a whitelist and preferences can be set for children as well as adult users of the same Firefox install. + +Glubble is targeting children under 12, but frankly I'd be surprised if a 12-year couldn't figure out how to circumvent it. Still for the younger children Glubble gives parents an added layer of filtering possibilities. + +[1]: http://www.glubble.com/index.php "Glubble"
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