Work safer
My newest project, worksafer, has been released. Worksafer is a Firefox extension coupled with a web-accessible database that tries to help you avoid accidentally visiting “unsafe” websites from your work computer. If you click on a link that would normally take you to a site with objectionable content, such as a porn site or a site featuring a loud Flash movie, the worksafer extension will look up that site in its database, check to see if it appears unsafe based on the peoples’ votes, and if so, temporarily redirect you to a warning page. If you still want to see the site, you’ll have a ten-minute window in which to do so.
With the worksafer extension installed, if you come across a website with objectionable content that is not yet considered unsafe, you can submit a “NSFW” (Not Safe For Work) vote for that site. Conversely, if you come across a site marked NSFW and you feel it has been marked that way unfairly, you can submit a “SFW” vote. If enough people submit votes, a large percentage of unsafe sites will be stored in the database, and you’ll be more safe.
If you’re interested, you can download the worksafer extension and give it a try.
