It's up to the parent again, if they tell their kids. And, remember this program is really for young children, with the manual dexterity to move the mouse around and click on things, not necessarily the kids who blog, have myspace pages, or join multiplayer online games and such. We will be refining our target audience as we get more user feedback. We could have removed that failsafe altogether if we found another mechanism that would insure parents could break out of the Kiosk Mode if they forgot their password. We are open to suggestions.
You are misunderstanding the target audience for this application. It isn't a matter of whether or not kids are proficient with Google or whether we are blocking sites that for us proficient users are a dream, but instead we are giving complete control to the parents. I wouldn't even contemplate someone who is so comfortable with their 3 or 4 year old that they'd allow them to simply jump onto FF and go at it. They can accidentally click on links that take them to places their parents don't want them to see. We are removing that possibility. Again, the parent has the ultimate say as to where they are allowed. Now, if you are so inclined and trusting of your young child that you'd add something like Google to their allowed sites, then that's completely your decision.
As far as wikipedia, we will be removing that as a suggested site, for some of the reasons mentioned here.
Give it a try if you have kids. We have been working long hours getting this site and client software working and are anxious to see how kids will actually use it.
As far as children's online privacy, this application gives parents a good balance of manual configuration and automatic protection that they can use. We hope it will be a good solution to the common complaint from people with children that they hate sitting behind their kids playing "yard monitor", while they surf on regular browsers.
If you don't have kids, try it anyway. And if possible forward it on to anyone that does. Thanks.
Was the API clear and easy to use? Did you have any trouble with documentation. I have used PayPal but in a more traditional sense, processing single payments. They provide a url where you can verify the buyer. Sometimes their service calls your cgi/script over and over with "complete" status but in fact it isn't. Are there any such quirks with PayFlowPro?