Kiosk type PC

[FirebarUK]

Hi all,

I'm after some advice on creating a machine running simply a webbrowser accessing some pages. Is there any way under Linux to lock the web browser so it can't be minimised? Or is there even a way to do this under Windows?
Ideally it would be a fullscreen browser window with no address bar, but with a home button

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[riven]

Hi all,

I'm after some advice on creating a machine running simply a webbrowser accessing some pages. Is there any way under Linux to lock the web browser so it can't be minimised? Or is there even a way to do this under Windows?
Ideally it would be a fullscreen browser window with no address bar, but with a home button

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance.

Opera has a kiosk mode. Never used the mode but its probably worth a look.

 

[FirebarUK]

Ah thanks, does it exist in the XP/2003 version? I've just installed it but cant find anything. I'll have a google.

 

[riven]

Well my first google result (opera kiosk) returned this: http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/

Should help

 

[FirebarUK]

Found that doc too, its pretty much perfect. Thanks for your help

 

[BillytheImpaler]

IE has the same thing. Start iexplore.exe with the -k flag.

If you use Windows be sure to disable Ctrl Alt Del. It's my favorite way around annoying fullscreen kiosks.