Hi Petr: If you don't mind only running your Kiosk on Linux, you can make most of the browsers (or other applications) full screen/no borders/no gadgets with controls under rebol program control by customzing a window manager (like TWM) and using that with the X Window system.
Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:rebol-bounce@;rebol.com] > On Behalf Of Petr Krenzelok > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 2:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] rebol and kiosk systems embedding ... > > > Hello, > > part of our project is gonna be - KIOSK systems. We just looked into > some at Invex computer show. They are pretty expensive, so we will > eventually produce few kiosk systems ourselves. However - the > questioin > is - software. We can go several routes: > > 1) by some 3rd party software - but we are not sure they will sell us > without their kiosk system. > > 2) build such sw ourselves. What is needed? > a) customized browser, which will run in full screen mode > and will > prevent user of touch screen to leave the environment back to OS > desktop. Such environment has to provide us with the ability > to display > virtual keyboard, which would allow to enter urls, fill in forms, etc. > b) it has to allow for the admin to enter allowed urls, etc. - we > don't want to let ppl to browse the whole web, right? :-) > (maybe kind of > a proxy would be needed?) > c) maybe to allow even visual mixture with Rebol code, - dialog > appearance - but can we have forced (modal, non-modal - I never know > which one represents what, but you surely understand :-) rebol based > window in the front of other screen content? > > Several ways to implement 2) > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
