uh. just throwing this out there since it seems there isn't a flood of ideas already coming in...perhaps you could grab the source of mozilla and try to find the code for mailto: and comment it out...wow...that would probably be a lot of effort that wouldn't necessarily work for all cases...another option might be to skin up a new version of the netscape browser so it looks even more artsy fartsy than it already does...but that doesn't really solve functionality stuff like your mailto example...another option may be to do the skinning in conjunction w/ something like a sub program using masterApp, and when you know the user is surfing w/ the skinned browser, check the active program list (dunno if this functionality works w/ macs or even if masterApp is x-platform) every second and whack anything you don't want running (that isn't planned to be running)...that would be fun too...let's see....what else can come out of this nicotine induced brainstorm....well my idleness answers nothing more....so ...yeah, good luck - let me know if you come up w/ anything good....
evan >From: Jeff Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: <lingo-l> Web browser with Director mac kiosk? >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:53:57 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from mail4.fcgnetworks.net ([208.210.86.41]) by >mxsmta01.inithost.com (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 >201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with ESMTP id ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:11:48 -0400 >Received: from mail4.fcgnetworks.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])by >mail4.fcgnetworks.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g5R2s4Wr004141;Wed, 26 >Jun 2002 22:54:04 -0400 >Received: from smtp.fea.net (smtp.fea.net [216.115.224.15])by >mail4.fcgnetworks.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g5R2r7Wr004130for ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:53:08 -0400 >Received: from [192.168.10.2] [216.115.228.154] by smtp.fea.net with ESMTP >(SMTPD32-7.04) id AF762A5E015A; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:59:02 -0700 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-Id: <p0510030fb9402a28e9a8@[192.168.10.2]> >In-Reply-To: <008c01c21d5a$4eab0c50$0200a8c0@danya> >References: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><008c01c21d5a$4eab0c50$0200a8c0@danya> >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 >Precedence: bulk >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: ><http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/listinfo/lingo-l>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> >List-Id: Lingo programming discussion list <lingo-l.mail4.fcgnetworks.net> >List-Unsubscribe: ><http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/listinfo/lingo-l>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/archives/lingo-l/> > > >Hi All! > >I've just been blind-sided by my client's client's client! So I've come to >the brain trust for ideas. > >Been working on a kiosk type of thing that runs as a Dir 8.5 projector, but >needs to display live web sites also (sites that we don't control). Need >to control what user can do while in browser. User only has a mouse -- no >keyboard -- but client does not want e-mail program opening if a mailto >link is clicked, doesn't want multiple browser windows popping up, etc. > >Our client initially said we could pick the machines we want it to run on, >so we bid it and have been developing with the plan to use Windows machines >and Web Browser ActiveX control to keep the browsing inside Director where >we have better control. > >Well, it seems the end client wants to take this thing to Mac World for its >debut (the products they're selling are cross-platform). And it turns out >there is some problem like Mac World won't let them use Windows machines, >even if they are hidden in a cabinet! (I can't swear that this is the >exact reason...I'm getting this info 3rd or 4th hand.) > >So suddenly our great plan just went to hell. Please tell me...HOW can I >get that tight of control over a browser when running on a Mac??????!!!!! >I researched LiveCD, but it looks like its HTML support is way out of date. > This is an artsy fartsy kiosk and the client is not going to be satisfied >with half-assed rendering of web pages. > >TIA. > >-Jeff > >----------------------------------------------- >Jeff Gomes MultiMedia Magic >[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Giving Life to Your Ideas" >----------------------------------------------- >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
