Buddy Browser

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USABILITY

Usability of the installation process: n/a
Usability of the configuration process: n/a
Usability of the usage of the product: n/a

Overall score for usability: n/a

Area of need	Functionality	Specific issues	Assessment
Management	Management of User profiles	Create several profiles	No
	Remote Management	Manage on various devices	No
	Monitoring	Remote access to monitoring	No
Filtering Customisation	Topics	Customisation of Filtering Topics	No
	URLs White List	Restrict Browsing to White List	No
		Default White List	No
		Modification OR Creation	No
	URLs Black List	Creation of User's own Black List	No
Keywords	Keywords	Default Black List	No
		Default White List	No
		Creation of a User's Black List	No
		Creation of a User's White List	No
Time	Time Limit Settings	Set a specific time frame or web access duration	No
Blocking Message	Type	Ask for unblocking by parents	No
Blocking Message	Type	Redirect to safe resources	No
Usage Restriction	Web	Block Access	No
	Web	Monitor Access	No
	Safe search	Availability	No
	Social Networks	Block Access	No
	Social Networks	Monitor Usage	No
	Personal data Provision	Block	No
	Streaming	Block Access	No
	Streaming	Monitor Access	No
	P2P	Block the application	No
	P2P	Monitor Downloads	No
	Skype	Block chat	No
		Block video chat	No
		Monitor	No
		Prevent new Contact	No
	Windows Life Messenger	Block chat	No
		Block video chat	No
		Monitor	No
		Prevent new Contact	No
	Email	Block email client and/or webmail access	No

	Yes / No
I: installation in 3 steps or less	Yes
I: choice of installation for beginners or advanced users	n/a

C: different degrees of strength for the filtering	n/a
C: different content criteria for the filtering	n/a
C: option to transfer filter configurations between target users	n/a
C: option to transfer filter configurations between devices	n/a
C: overall comprehensible configuration	n/a
C: overall conformity with user expectations	n/a
C: overall easy to learn	n/a

U: alert message in a child friendly language	n/a
U: option to customise the reaction in case of blocking	n/a
U: overall easily operable and comprehensible reporting	n/a

The Tool prevents the user from by-passing the filter by:	Yes / No
Using the IP address instead of the URL	n/a
Using an alternative browser	n/a
Changing time and date settings*	n/a
Disabling or uninstalling the software without a password*	n/a
Closing the filtering tool trough the Task Manager	n/a
Using a proxy instead of a direct connection to the Internet	n/a
Accessing the web-pages through the Google Cache	n/a
Reaching a website through translation sites	n/a
Renaming a blocked application	n/a
Using Safe Mode	n/a
Filtering Content personalised by user	n/a
Filtering Content evolving through time	n/a
Filtering Multimedia content	n/a
Filtering outbound content	n/a