In Microsoft’s ongoing effort to convert people to them restarted the Edge browser, launches a new way for children, which makes it easier for parents to control how their children surf the web.
Kids Mode is a free option built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS. Activating it is as simple as navigating the user profile menu in the upper right corner of the browser and selecting “Browse in Copy mode”. Parents can choose between two versions, one for the age of five to eight years and one for the age of nine to 12 years. Both allow the strictest level of prevention to be tracked in Edge and Bing SafeSearch by default to filter adult text, images, and videos from search results. The only difference between the two age categories is that the older one includes a news feed with clean articles from MSN for Kids. Don’t worry: it focuses on more child-friendly topics, such as fun science and animal facts, rather than breaking news and politics, Microsoft said.
Children mode also restricts which sites children have access to, with about 70 popular child sites allowed from the start (any additional sites allowed must be added individually to the list). If a child tries to view a site that is not on that list, they are given a simple blocking page, illustrated below, asking them to ask permission from an adult.
Into the a blog post Announcing the news on Thursday, Microsoft Vice President Liat Ben-Zur called Kids Mode a “game changer for parents juggling all the demands of life today.” Microsoft has purposely designed it to make adding and removing permitted sites as convenient as possible for parents so that they can have peace of mind when using shared devices.
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Microsoft has also addressed a solution that children could use to bypass these measures. Kids mode restricts shortcuts to the Windows keyboard to prevent users from simply exiting the browser and opening a new one, Verge reports.
However, more than anything else, Microsoft has designed Kids Mode, given its younger users, Ben-Zur said.
“[I]It became clear that the best way to keep the children from trying to leave was to make them want to stay. In other words, we set out to create the most engaging environment a child can ever want for web browsing. ”
So, as you can see in the screenshot above, Microsoft visual designers have provided a lot of bright colors and silly characters to make a browsing experience tailored to children. It also added the option to customize the look of the browser so that children can be creative and opt for an easy-to-navigate look.
To return the browser to normal, an adult must enter Windows or MacOS credentials.
Children’s mode is one of more new features launches for the Edge this month, Microsoft said Thursday. So if you’re already an Edge converter, don’t forget future coverage.