Webconverger.org/ kiosk

iceweasel-webconverger

Default and most common.

Webconverger booted

iceweasel-webcnoaddressbar

Customization option. For customers who want patrons to browse, but not enter in URLs.

iceweasel-webcnoaddressbar

iceweasel-webctabkiller

webc tab killer

Similar to the popular Tab killer extension. Tabs may convince some novice users.

iceweasel-webcyourlibrary

webcyourlibrary

Especially commissioned by your library Canada, who wanted:

iceweasel-webcfullscreen

Customization option. For customers who want to do Digital signage or just show off some pictures somewhere.

iceweasel-webcfullscreen

If you’re concerned about the scroll bar, alter the overflow CSS element. Here is an example of a Web application providing a digital sign.

Implementation

I have forked rkiosk and created my own extension, (iceweasel-)webconverger. I had to do this as I had to modify some of upstream’s packaging and functions. Upstream was also a little un-cooperative.

Test the extension on your Firefox browser

http://webconverger.com/xpis

This will lock down the browser and you’ll need to use the firefox --safe-mode to remove it.

The best way of installing and removing this extension is with:

deb http://debian.webconverger.com/ lenny/
deb-src http://debian.webconverger.com/ lenny/

in your /etc/apt/sources.list and the apt-get install iceweasel-webconverger on a Debian machine.

Slideware

“iceweasel-fullerscreen” is the name of the package of Daniel Glazman’s FullerScreen extension. It is good particularly for slideshows, though not digital signage as ‘FullerScreen’ does not allow Flash movies to go fullscreen.

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