[WEB4LIB] NoTheaterMode vs. FullScreen

[Andrew Mutch]

Karen,

Have you played around with using Javascript to create a "kiosk" browser??
Using the code that I wrote for Netscape, I was able to have IE 5 launch a kiosk
browser with only a toolbar.

http://northville.lib.mi.us/tech/kiosk.htm

There are still some bugs to work out but it might be worth your time to
explore.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

"Karen G. Schneider" wrote:

> An update on my crusade to not merely launch IE in fullscreen mode... but
> STAY there....
>
> Well, having experimented with the options, this is what I have found so
> far.  The registry setting NoTheaterMode works as advertised; you can use it
> to disable toggling the theater mode (which is... or is not?... a synonym
> for full screen mode...).  You can also (as I had been doing before) force
> the browser to open in full screen.  So with both policy settings enabled,
> what happens is that I can launch the browser in full screen (nice!), hit
> restore and get out of full-screen mode (sad!) and then, because I've
> disabled the ability to do so, I can't even get back IN to full-screen mode
> (grrrrr...)
>
> If I disable NoTheaterMode, I am at least back to where I was.  Maybe (since
> I can remove the full-screen button, and lock out the View menu) I could
> remove the F11 key?  I mean, who needs it, anyway?  (eyes whirling in head)
>
> This is a day when I have been OBT (Overcome By Technology).  I must sit
> alone in a bee-loud glade, playing Dilbert's IQ Test on my PDA...
>
> But if you hear of a registry setting that removes or disables Restore...
>
> Karen G. Schneider kgs at bluehighways.com
> Assistant Director of Technology
> Shenendehowa Public Library, Clifton Park, NY
> http://www.shenpublib.org