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WOT releases new version with one-click protection
Tue 31 Mar 2009 01:50:23 PM UTC — Deborah S.WOT’s one-click protection suits your Web surfing habits
Web surfing habits change over time and now WOT changes with you. Our new version 3.5 adds protection levels to suit your every need – at every time in your life. Single adults can enjoy “Light” protection while surfing anywhere on the web. You get only a simple alert if you surf to a page with a poor reputation. Parents with young children can choose the “Parental Control” mode which blocks access to dangerous sites like pornography or hate sites.
WOT provides four convenient one-click protection options that can be changed instantly depending on the situation:
- Light protection suits experienced Web users
- Basic protection guides the user by giving warnings
- Maximum Safety stops dangerous Web sites from loading
- Parental Control blocks access to Web sites with a poor child safety rating and no rating at all
New users to WOT will find these options on the Welcome screen.
Warning and Blocking screens get a new look
The WOT warning and blocking screens get an updated look with the release of our new version. The WOT warning screen shows useful information at a glance. You will see the reputation and rating icon of each component, and to access the site’s details and comments, there is a link to the scorecard. If you know the site is safe, you can click once and immediately rate it. And if you want to visit the site, you can choose to ignore the rating and proceed to the site.
To enable the warning screen, you must have the Basic, Maximum Safety or Parental Control protection level. The Light protection level will have only a warning bar at the top of the browser.
The updated blocked screen shows the rating of each component with a link to the scorecard to see more details. To enable the blocking screen, you must have the Maximum Safety or Parental Control protection level.
Right click for scorecard
Firefox users have a new shortcut to the WOT scorecard. Right click on any link and the menu includes the option to see the WOT scorecard. This is especially useful when you are surfing in a site with links but no WOT ratings.
New languages
We have added four new languages, increasing our number to 14 languages supported.
- Czech
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
The new WOT version can be used with Firefox 1.5 - 3.6a1pre and Internet Explorer 6-8.
Nice and sleek
I like the new updates, very nice and sleek and gives users control depending upon their level of experience, which makes it even safer for the novices.
I am sure that WOT users will find this beneficial in their day to day surfing, and the FF addon works very well :-)
Well done and thank you to all involved.
Colin
http://freepcsecurity.co.uk
Kudos!!!
Great release with a lot of great additions!!!
I blogged about it today from the release notes.
http://www.techjaws.com/web-of-trust-launches-new-...
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Frank J
www.techjaws.com
WOT is awesome
Thanks so much for making this service even better. You guys are great. Anytime I come across a shady site (very rarely) I always make sure to add it to WOT.
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Very Nice
I hadn't notice the right click option yet. Great job.
Great !
Thank you for taking my remarks into account regarding the warning screen. I'm glad to see that you listen to your users. I really appreciate.
BTW, the WOT guide on Commentçamarche has been updated to reflect this update (in french, here).
(Commentcamarche.net is the biggest french computer help community with 1.3 million registered members, 5000 questions/day and millions of visitors per month. It's the 41th most popular website in France and ranks first in Information Technology in France (before ZDNet, 01Net and Tom's Guide)).
(Spoiler: I'm the author of the guide, and a moderator on CCM.)
I also take care of rating phishy links we have to moderate on CCM.
I contribute to WOT and WOT contributes to my security. This is fair !
Thanks for the great work, and keep WOT alive !
@ sebsauvage
Excellent post and well laid out.
I am sure that WOT will continue to expand and the new version is superb :-)
Colin
http://freepcsecurity.co.uk
Thanks
Thanks :-)
Excellent work!
Thank you, sebsauvage, for the brilliant posting about WOT. It is so valuable to us to have good friends who are fluent in other languages so our message can be spread around the world. We appreciate your support and effort on WOT's behalf.
Safe surfing,
Deborah
awesome
excellent addition (the right click)
Awesome update love the new
Awesome update love the new options and blocked/warning screens. Now I don't have to worry about clicking links anymore. :)
Noticed a slight problem
I've noticed that the WOT warning is a tad bit over sized. Its okay if you do not have more than one toolbar active. As soon as you do though, the warning starts to float further down the screen and you cannot click on the buttons to "This site is safe - I want to rate it" or "Ignore warning - I want to goto the site" when it falls below the bottom of the screen. The only way around this is to either temp disable on of the toolbars or resize the desktp screen.
We have noticed the same
We have noticed the same with smaller low resolution screens. It has been added on the list of stuff that we'll correct in the next version.
From good to better...
Good idea to offer different levels.
Users are not all alike.
The right click option is also a nice addition..!
Where are the protection settings?
Is it possible to change the protection settings from your inital choice when you install WOT?
I can't find where the protection setting is located, as it isn't in the main settings page!
Re: Where are the protection settings?
They are here (requires an add-on).
Re: Where are the protection settings?
Thanks for that. I was expecting to see a button somewhere especially since the blog post says "WOT provides four convenient one-click protection options that can be changed instantly depending on the situation".
It's not instant if it isn't easy to find! :)
Re: Where are the protection settings?
They are shown only when you first install the add-on.