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The application works for the '''native Android browser''' and '''Google Chrome'''. The app works with a service [http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html] which listens to the live browser history. So when a page is visited, the service is notified and retrieves the rating of the domain with the WOT API. If the visited site is considered "unsafe" (depending of the settings) a warning popup will be displayed, and on the other case, a small bottom message displays the rating for the trustworthiness and child safety (these messages can be hidden in the settings).
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The application works for the '''native Android browser''' and '''Google Chrome'''. The app works with a service [http://developer.android.com/guide/components/services.html] which listens to the live browser history (since version V1.1.0. The old mechanism to catch URLs was replaced due to interferences with native browser: V1.0.9 and older).  
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When a page is visited, the service is notified and retrieves the rating of the domain with the WOT API. If the visited site is considered "unsafe" (depending of the settings) a warning popup will be displayed (left capture), and on the other case, a small bottom message will display the rating for the trustworthiness and child safety (right capture, the messages can be hidden in the settings).
  
 
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'''Customize parameters'''
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In the settings page, several parameters can be customized:
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- Minimum trustworthiness: The minimum required to consider the site as safe. Custom values are: Excellent, good, unsatisfactory, poor, very poor or disable. The default value is "good".
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- Minimum child safety: This parameter works like the trustworthiness. It acts as a parental control.
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- Sites with unknown ratings can be blocked (default value: false).
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- The safe bottom messages can be disable (default value: false).
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- Search engines: Allow to choose a search engine for the safe search. Available search engines are: Google, Yandex, Yahoo, Bing and Baidu.
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- Prompt browsers:  If enable, a list of browsers will be show to open the result from the safe search.
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- Browsers: Allow to choose a browser by default to open results from the safe search. Browsers will be automatically picked-up from the device.

Revision as of 05:42, 4 July 2015

The unofficial WOT Android app created by user: Matiks

Forum discussion as announced on March 4th 2015

Tap and trust can be downloaded from here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.matiks.mywot

All APK versions: http://matiks.it-mate.co.uk/

Source code: https://github.com/Matiks/TapAndTrust



Tap&Trust is an unofficial WOT Android app.

The application works for the native Android browser and Google Chrome. The app works with a service [1] which listens to the live browser history (since version V1.1.0. The old mechanism to catch URLs was replaced due to interferences with native browser: V1.0.9 and older). When a page is visited, the service is notified and retrieves the rating of the domain with the WOT API. If the visited site is considered "unsafe" (depending of the settings) a warning popup will be displayed (left capture), and on the other case, a small bottom message will display the rating for the trustworthiness and child safety (right capture, the messages can be hidden in the settings).

Device-2015-07-03-123027.png Device-2015-07-03-120228.png


Customize parameters

In the settings page, several parameters can be customized:

- Minimum trustworthiness: The minimum required to consider the site as safe. Custom values are: Excellent, good, unsatisfactory, poor, very poor or disable. The default value is "good".

- Minimum child safety: This parameter works like the trustworthiness. It acts as a parental control.

- Sites with unknown ratings can be blocked (default value: false).

- The safe bottom messages can be disable (default value: false).

- Search engines: Allow to choose a search engine for the safe search. Available search engines are: Google, Yandex, Yahoo, Bing and Baidu.

- Prompt browsers: If enable, a list of browsers will be show to open the result from the safe search.

- Browsers: Allow to choose a browser by default to open results from the safe search. Browsers will be automatically picked-up from the device.