If you can get your presentation to run in a browser, it's possible to launch both Explorer and Firefox in kiosk mode, from a command line switch...(iexplore -k <path>) I have used Explorer in this mode in public spaces, and while it is not perfect, I have never had visitors manage to exit from the application. That requires a non-obvious key sequence.
For Explorer see support.microsoft.com/kb/154780 For Firefox see samanathon.com/internet-explorer-7s-kiosk-mode/ which updates the Microsoft article for version 7 and treats Firefox launch as well (which I've not used). I would only use this running locally. Just set your browser default startup URL to the local path of the presentation, and run the command line at startup. It's a temptation to conclude that Microsoft did this out of kindness to Museums, but I think it must have been an unintended benefit. Chuck Eisenhardt Boston Children's Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:43 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv; talk at museum-ed.org Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software If your videos are in a format that can be played by Windows Media Player, then you can embed them into a webpage (even if you only want to run them from a local drive). You can then use the SiteKiosk software or Open Kiosk developed for Brooklyn Museum (https://www.mozdevgroup.com/clients/bm/). Chad M Petrovay Collections Database Administrator The Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 P: 410.547.9000 x266 F: 410.837.4846 cpetrovay at thewalters.org www.thewalters.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Leah Fox Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:30 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu; talk at museum-ed.org; MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MCN-L] Interpretive Video Kiosk Software Thank you to those who responded to my previous posting about kiosk software. We are now working with SiteKiosk by Provisio. We do have several other interpretive kiosks that have only one function which is to play interpretive videos. SiteKiosk does not support this as it works in a web environment. Currently, our interpretive videos (which are mostly on touch-screen) are playing on Windows Media Player, which opens the issues of closing down the program and accessing other programs within the computer. Can anyone recommend a program that will create a video kiosk that supports mpeg2 playback? I see so many wonderful interpretive videos in museums but do not know how the kiosk environment works. Thank you, Leah Leah Fox Director of Public Programs Currier Museum of Art 150 Ash Street Manchester, NH 03104 603.669.6144 x119 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l