re: [Epiphany] 1.2 Plan (kiosk mode)

[Christopher James Lahey <clahey ximian com>]

This sounds like a good plan to me so far.  The only thing I wanted to
add is that 3) shouldn't be a separate gconf key.  For that purpose,
just lock the gconf keys that dictate the proxy.  It's required that the
proxy configuration handle that case nicely, but it shouldn't be an
extra key.

I like the idea of making these separate options.  Obviously 1) and 2)
are linked, but other than that, each of these seems like it could be
useful on its own.  Are there any other features that you think are
useful but that you didn't implement in galeon?

I'll keep in touch on this issue.

Thanks,
   Chris


On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 12:38, Matt Hughes wrote:
> > > I'd suggest also maybe working a bit on kiosk mode; it's something we
> > > need for corporate deployments.
> 
> > Ouch right, I was going to insert lock down prefs/kiosk and I forgot it.
> > Someone was planning to work on a list of requirements for kiosk mode, I
> > think this would be the right time to begin ;)
> 
> If no one has progressed on kiosk mode since this the 1.2 Plan was
> discussed on Aug 3rd, I have some suggestions. These come out of a
> kiosk mode implementation I did for Galeon 1.2, which is used on
> kiosks, and is quite effective.
> 
> I'm interested in reimpimenting for Epiphany, but since others are
> interested in kiosk mode as well, I might as well get some feedback
> before I begin.
> 
> What do people who are interested in kiosk mode think of the
> following?
> 
> A list of features implemented in kiosk mode:
> 
> 1) Kiosk mode: disables most menus (including accelerators) so that
>    only the edit, go, and tab menus remain. Bookmark editing is not
>    allowed, settings cannot be changed, context menus have restricted
>    navigation, image, email, properties, and link options. New windows
>    cannot be opened, only new tabs (it is intended to run full screen).
> 
> 2) Super kiosk mode: No navigation of any kind is allowed; no menus,
>    toolbars, etc. No vi naviagions keys, no new tabs or windows.
> 
> 3) Disable proxy ui: prevent users from changing proxy
>    settings. Independent from kiosk mode because there are cases where
>    near-normal browsing is required, but proxies are mandatory.
> 
> 4) No print prompt: No print dialog is shown; everything is
>    automatically sent to the printer as configured in the gconf
>    keys. This is userful for registration kiosks (print invoked from
>    javascript).
> 
> 5) No mime action prompt: Prevents the mime action dialog from being
>    shown when the user clicks on a file with an unrecognized
>    type. Instead shows a dialog that says downloading has been
>    disabled. 
> 
> All of these items are controlled through the use of gconf keys.
> 
> Another items are a gconf key for the spinner url, so that the
> browser is more "brandable".
> 
>