Kiosk mode in
Internet Explorer can be tweaked and set up better with the
IEAK, (
Internet Explorer Administration Kit). The thing is, it takes more than a quick
browser tweak to get a real kiosk mode app to work correctly. Why can't someone just force-quit
iCab, as stated above? (Macs can write an
INIT that catches force-quit, i think). Why not just press
Ctrl-Alt-Delete on IE or Windows
Netscape (
Windows programs running without special privledges can NEVER catch these keystrokes; they go directly to
winlogon).
To put something really in
Kiosk Mode, you need to tweak the OS to be in a
locked down,
stripped down mode (set your
shell to be something different, override the
finder, etc).
Powerpoint has a similar
kiosk mode, but again, it's not meant for people to
mess with it. To create a real
Internet Kiosk, it takes work in the OS (and i mean ANY
OS). Even the revered
Linux would need to know to
restart Netscape when it
dies, a feature that doesn't currently have in the
browser.
To call kiosk mode a "joke" is quite
naive. There is more to setting up an internet
terminal than just turning on your
browser and letting it
run. The fact that it removes the menu bars and the like is what it is supposed to do. Everything else you can configure. That's one of the great parts of IE. On top of it all it's a
COM object, making it the friendliest
Internet Kiosk choice (as you can have total control over the browser object), letting you place it in any window you choose, with any constraints (
Alladvantage, and other stand-alone
banner systems use
IE controls).