BumperCar Browser 2.0: Internet Filtering For Kids (Mac)

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Product Features

• Friendly, colorful interface and error pages (such as when BumperCar blocks a page)
• Grown-up menu, accessible only with an administrator password
• Three pre-set fully customizable levels of protection from low to high

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007WV3DO
• Item model number: 5003
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 27, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,748 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #4 in	Software > Web Development > Web Browsers
  #37 in	Software > Macintosh > Web Development > Internet Utilities

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product Description
BumperCar 2.0, the content filtering Mac OS X web browser, is a major revision to last years MacWorld San Francisco's Best of Show winner. BumperCar has been rewritten from scratch using Apple's WebKit technology. It now features faster rendering of complex pages, increased stability and takes advantage of web standards for improved compatibility. Key features remain the simplest to use and most comprehensive set of content filtering and parental controls available for any platform. Preschool, Home, Middle and Upper School modes included. Additionally, a new educational version allows automatic network updating of white and black lists, making BC Browser 2.0, with it's client-side content filtering, an ideal solution for schools with 1-1 iBook initiatives.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this, December 11, 2006

By	xmasboy "xmasboy" (Vermont, USA) - See all my reviews

I use this for my children, now aged 7 & 9. It works well, and they like it. It has age based settings that I have more or less used as they are. I removed a few links and added some of my own liking. It is completely customizable. I also recently activated the time controls. My kids can not get online before 7:30am and can not stay on past 7:30pm. In addition to the blackout times, I can control the total number of hours per day that they can be online. Any time I want I can temporarily allow a particular site.

The only problem I have had is that for sites that require a logon and password it doesn't work properly. For example my kids are playing fantasy football. I allowed the NFL website and all is well until they try to log in to see their team. For that I have to switch over to Firefox. While that is a minor inconvenience the bigger problem is that the more times they see me close the bumper car browser and go in to open Firefox the sooner they will "learn" how to do so and bypass the whole process themselves.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product. , October 30, 2008

By	Me "sperkey" (Antioch, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Just what I was looking for to allow my son to enjoy all of the wonderful kid-friendly websites, while filtering out all of the trash. Simple to use and set up.