Features
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License:
Free to try; $20.00 to buy
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
6,637
- Requirements:
Mac OS X or CarbonLib
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
March 13, 2003
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Publisher's description of Web Watcher
From Chaotic:Web Watcher helps inform you of changes to your favorite Web sites so you don't have to repeatedly check them yourself. News, software updates, election results, music and video releases, and many other Web sites can be checked. Web Watcher can notify you via e-mail, visual and audible alerts, and by showing the changed URLs in your Web browser. Web Watcher can also check and notify you when file URLs are changed.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 4 votes
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Version: Web Watcher 1.3
"Don't waste your time or money!"
Cons: Not only does this software not work half of the time, their support is virtually non-existent. I have spent several weeks trying to get this working on Two different machines and the best they have been able to suggest is to re-boot. I am giving up and looking for something else.
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Version: Web Watcher 1.3
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Web Watcher 1.3
"BUYER BEWARE!!!! Same as above.....JUNK JUNK JUNK!"
Pros: Great idea if it worked.
Cons: It is too random. It works and then it stops working. I even hit the hot keys when it was not blocking sites to make sure that the software was set to block and the hot keys would not work. That indicated that the software had just decided to quit running. When it worked it worked well but it only worked about 5% of the time. When I am trusting software to protect my kids online I need 100% protection, 100% of the time. To their credit they want to try to fix it but that is about all they do. After a total of 38 combined hours dealing with this software using techs and them taking over my computer with the promise they would fix it, I asked for a refund and was told that I was beyond my 10 day refund period. This company has no confidence in their own product or they would have a better refund period and back it with a better satisfaction guarantee. You cannot try software for 10 days and tell if it will work for you. It should be noted that I first asked for the refund before the 10 day period was up and they got me to allow them to take over my system and fix it. It was fixed for about 3 hours and stopped. This take over happened atleast 4 times lasting in excess of 4 hours each time. I even formatted my system and reinstalled everything trying to get this software to work. So I have tried to get it to work. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY OR ANYTHING ELSE AWARENESS TECHNOLOGIES SELLS!
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Web Watcher 1.3
Pros: I like the concept if it just worked.
Cons: I am a software developer and I know junk when I see it. I want to protect my children from being able to go to adult websites, so I purchased this software. Boy what a mistake, from the beginning I had to wait online for a person to assist me with installing the software directly on my computer. Not sure why thay had to get on my computer to install the software, was very leary about this, I had to wait a long time for this to happen. Once installed I started testing the software I was able to make it not work correctly within minutes. I tested it because many children who are technically savy might find a way to make it not work. I then asked for a senior technician to work with me on the problem. I have to give her credit she work for about 4 hours. Still they could not get it to block these sites correctly. Because it did not work as advertised I sent a request immediately(same day) to Awareness Technonogy accounting department for an immediate refund on 7/2. I have asked to be refunded 3 times still Awareness Technology will not give me my money. The 5th time called the same person answered the sales, billing and technical support line that really scared me.
If you want a good system that would protect your kids, I would suggest you find other software, if you go with this one all you'll get is a headace and the run around and maybe your money after a they have made the interest off of it for over a month and a half. Email me if you want to know how to simply break this system from working with a few keystrokes.
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