. Status Bubble: for a cashiering application, it keeps popping up every second since buttons are all over the place. It was distracting him from the main product. Full screen mode 'always' = Kiosk Mode. He wants the web app to stay full screen, in IE, there is kiosk mode command line switch. In FF there is a plugin. JavaScript errors kept appearing intermittently (on the Mac), would work on initial deploy but require a 'Clear browsing data' on subsequent runs.
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Works great on windows (chrome). I guess we would be using linux/windows for kiosk anyhow. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Darin Fisher wrote: Maybe I'm in the minority, but it doesn't sound that unreasonable to support command line options for disabling the status bubble and starting in full screen mode. We could lump these together into a -kiosk-mode command line flag. This seems like something that could be done in a fairly lightweight manner.
Maybe others object? We could also turn off other features that don't make sense for kiosks, like downloading files. Adam Brett Wilson 24/9/2009, 22:37 น. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Adam Barth wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Darin Fisher wrote: Maybe I'm in the minority, but it doesn't sound that unreasonable to support command line options for disabling the status bubble and starting in full screen mode.
We could lump these together into a -kiosk-mode command line flag. This seems like something that could be done in a fairly lightweight manner. Maybe others object?
Darin is right that this is easy to do and support. We could also turn off other features that don't make sense for kiosks, like downloading files. But doing this stuff you added is when the support costs start getting nontrivial and why these features are often a risky road to travel. Brett Darin Fisher 24/9/2009, 22:47 น. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jeremy Orlow wrote: I'm guessing different people/companies will have different needs for a kiosk mode.
Maybe all of these should be separate flags rather than one 'kiosk' flag? We could then offer recommendations in a 'Chromium for kiosks' Wiki page? I think the reasoning for allowing this feature is that some minority would find it helpful and it wouldn't hurt much. I'm concerned that it is getting much too complicated. I think we shouldn't do it if it is going to be this complicated. Brett Ben Goodger (Google) 29/9/2009, 16:37 น. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jeremy Orlow wrote: I'm guessing different people/companies will have different needs for a kiosk mode.
Maybe all of these should be separate flags rather than one 'kiosk' flag? We could then offer recommendations in a 'Chromium for kiosks' Wiki page? I think the reasoning for allowing this feature is that some minority would find it helpful and it wouldn't hurt much.
I'm concerned that it is getting much too complicated. I think we shouldn't do it if it is going to be this complicated. I think I'm right to say that a lot of the 'knobs' stated by Mohamed can be achieved with content script. Everything that can be done with javascript for this particular use case should be done as javascript. For example, destroying the window.print prototype.
I think you try to block to many things. For example, quitting the browser is probably a no-op, the script managing the browser life-time it should just restart it. It would be required anyway in case of a browser crash. Tabs aren't a big deal either.
Can you can hook into tabs with extensions but I don't know if you can block their creation though. If this could be done with almost only pure javascript (in addition to -fullscreen or -app), that would be awesome, especially unit test wise. M-A Mohamed Mansour 29/9/2009, 17:38 น. Most kiosk applications I have developed never leave their designated pages anyway. There are no 'offsite' links or anything.
Thus the content is fully controlled. Downloads would not have to be disabled for me. The only 2 key options I would personally want for a kiosk mode, are fullscreen (not maximized, literally fullscreen) launching from commandline, and no status bubble on links and such. Almost all other things I need adjusted (such as context menu and such) can be handled easily with javascript. On Sep 25, 7:32 am, Adam Barth wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Darin Fisher wrote: Maybe I'm in the minority, but it doesn't sound that unreasonable to support command line options for disabling the status bubble and starting in full screen mode.
We could lump these together into a -kiosk-mode command line flag. This seems like something that could be done in a fairly lightweight manner. Maybe others object? We could also turn off other features that don't make sense for kiosks, like downloading files.
Kiosk printing for Google Chrome Kiosk Mode is a feature of Google Chrome which enables the browser to run only in full-screen mode, without any toolbars or address bars. This is a little tricky to set up, but it is a good solution if you wish to lock down your computer to ONLY run Vend (enabling a kiosk mode shortcut from Program Files - Start Up folder, for example). How to Enable Kiosk Mode Printing for Google Chrome. Download & install Google Chrome here:. Check that your receipt printer is set as your default printer. Launch Chrome and check that the Chrome Version is the latest version. Type about:flags in the address bar and ensure that the Disable Print Preview flag is NOT enabled (Print Preview must be enabled for Kiosk Printing to work).
Navigate to your Vend account, open the Sell screen and copy the URL in the address bar above. Next, navigate to the Chrome settings page by typing chrome://settings/ into the address bar. Under the On Startup section, select open a specific page or set of pages and click set page. Paste your Vend Sell Screen URL here and click save. After this, find the Chrome browser shortcut on your desktop, right click and select properties. Append the following text to the end of the target field after a space: -kiosk-printing.
Save these changes and launch Google Chrome. It should now load in full screen (kiosk) mode!. Put through a sale, or press CTRL-E (open cash drawer).
The print preview will appear on your screen, but will instantly print a receipt to your default printer. Tips. If you would like Vend to start in full-screen mode when the computer first starts, create a shortcut (right click the desktop icon & select 'create shortcut'), then drag this into Program Files - Startup folder. If you need to access your browser in non-kiosk mode, create another shortcut on the desktop, but on this one remove the kiosk printing and mode flags. If you need to exit kiosk mode, pressing the Windows key on your keyboard, and you can close the kiosk window from the taskbar.