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Version: Safe Eyes 5
"Really, really painful software"
Pros: The one advantage of this over similar software (Net Nanny, Cyber Patrol) is its categorisation is far more sensible (it's the only app I can block illegal TV sites, but let legal music sites through. The other blockers have a general "Block media content" categories).
But that's it. If you don't care about that, or you simply prefer an easy to use, no pain application, choose something else.
Cons: Here's what I have to put up with on a regular basis with this software (four months use of version 5 so far, these problems occur daily):
* On boot up, Safe Eyes blocks all internet (because it can't access its servers because your broadband internet connection takes a few seconds to establish).
To correct this, open task list, kill the Safe Eyes task, try to access internet again... Safe Eyes reopens and can now find its servers, Hooray!
* Feeling nostalgic? The Safe-Eyes-talking-to-its-server makes initial connection to the internet as slow as dial up used to be. Re-live old times!
* I have disabled Safe Eyes on a few occasions using the admin password. The icon says its disabled, but it keeps on blocking. Simply reboot, disable Safe Eyes again, and the problem should go away!
* Very slow user interface because it's always talking to its remote servers. Use the wasted time to daydream about well built software.
* Error in user interface means you can't block applications apart from chat programmes.
I seriously hate this software. But it's the only one with categorisation I want so I suffer.
But heed my warning: unless you share my categorisation fetish, don't use this. This is the worst piece of software I've used this decade.
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