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waffffffle · Oct 16, 2003, 12:20 AM

Ok to the guys at AppMac have bought up WebKiosk and now not only are they going to charge for what was once freeware but it isn't even available right now! My school just installed a bunch of iMacs and was interested in using WebKiosk but now has no choice but to go with wKiosk from AppMac (which I have learned sucks royally and has a bunch of security vulnerabilities allowing user to take control of the computer) and they had a hell of a time just getting the stupid program to work (and trying to communicate with the French-speaking developer didn't help).

Now I need a kiosk application for a kiosk of my own (for an academic project) and I don't want to pay for wKiosk, which is a terrible application.

So I ask, beg, plead of my fellow MacNN readers, do you have WebKiosk on your computers that you wouldn't mind sharing with me?

Thank you.

reader50 · Oct 16, 2003, 02:12 AM

The iCab browser has a web-kiosk mode. Password required to exit.

waffffffle · Oct 16, 2003, 07:45 PM

Thanks but iCab really isn't a very good browser. WebKiosk was awesome, and now its gone.

King Bob On The Cob · Oct 16, 2003, 07:47 PM

Saft for Safari and OmniSaft for OmniWeb.
They have kiosk modes.

clebin · Oct 16, 2003, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by waffffffle:
Thanks but iCab really isn't a very good browser. WebKiosk was awesome, and now its gone.

Are you ...crying?

OmniSaft with Omniweb 4.5 should be pretty damn good. I wish Mac browsers would offer a full-screen (with navigation buttons) mode like F11 on IE for PC.

mitchell_pgh · Oct 16, 2003, 10:17 PM

What are you using it for?

waffffffle · Oct 19, 2003, 04:15 PM

I am creating a digital jukebox system with a kiosk interface. The jukebox functionality part is not really the academic part but I am experimenting with some brand new UI concepts and I want a good kiosk application to use with it. I have tried Saft, which is good, but WebKiosk was better.

Can anyone help me out?

Weezer · Oct 19, 2003, 04:37 PM

The author of webkiosk had also made a music jukbox type application. I remember it being buggy for some, and I'm not sure what the status is of it..

waffffffle · Oct 19, 2003, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Weezer:
The author of webkiosk had also made a music jukbox type application. I remember it being buggy for some, and I'm not sure what the status is of it..

Yea it wasn't all that great. I'm working on something a bit cooler for my project using a web-based interface so I can make it much more graphical.