SkieCan I add my own list of allowed or blocked websites in Skie?
Not yet. Skie filters websites through the filtering DNS and the Chrome rules, and you choose the filter, but per-website allow or block lists are not available. The team is working on it. Today you control the browser by group and schedule, and by picking the filter.
If you are looking for 'block this one site' or 'allow only these five', Skie cannot do that at the website level yet. It is better to say so now than to find out after the pilot.
What you can do covers many real cases. You choose the filtering DNS from the owner's curated list, at organisation or group level. SafeSearch and the safe-sites filter handle page content. The browser itself can be off, restricted or allowed for each group, and schedule windows decide when. For a device that must reach only specific content, an app list with one or two apps, or kiosk mode, gives a tighter result than a website list would.
If a useful site is blocked by the filter, report it so the filter choice can be reviewed. If your school wants zero filtering for a group, the filter is a policy setting you can discuss. Both are covered in their own entries.
Compared with products like GoGuardian or Lightspeed, which are web filtering and classroom tools, Skie is device management where the filter is one part of a larger set of controls on the device. If fine-grained website rules are central to your needs, that is a fair point to weigh.
Tip: write down the sites you most want controlled and test them against the default filter during the pilot. Often the category filter already covers most of the list.