On 9/16/07, Sivakatirswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like we have some fun-interesting dev ahead of us > as there is a request to create a Kiosk style app here for > all our visitor traffic to interface with... Rev is obviously > the best tool. > > I have some basic questions > > This will run on a little white 13 Powerbook - Mac OSX > > How do you lock up the machine such that once you boot > the Rev app, which will be set to take over the whole screen, > no one can do anything else but interact with your app. > i.e. a savvy use could hit cmd-tab, call up all running apps > and choose the finder, hide your app and there she is, face > to face with the finder-entire-machine and not your app. > > Then of course we need a way for admin to click on something > and then be granted access to the whole box again.
My solution is to put the computer in a box with a window and fix it so that the keyboard is inaccessible. Plug in a trackball as the only control, make your app fill the screen and hide the menubar. For admin access, use Timbuktu, Apple Remote Desktop or have a virtual keyboard for entering a password to show the menubar. People on this list from Australian universities or research institutes may be familiar with the Genesearch efreezer which I programmed and helped to build, and which has used this technique successfully for many years. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
