Feature Requests
amete...@gmail.com
browser accordingly.
2. Some way to turn off the computer. For example: a keyboard shortcut
such as Ctrl+Alt+T that opens a terminal or a different window where
one can type "halt" or "poweroff".
3. Option in the boot menu to install Webconverger to RAM and run it
from there. Make the cd automatically eject once the files are
extracted to RAM.
4. Make each tab have its own X (close button), just as it is in the
real Firefox
5. Plug-ins for playing more media file types, such as .wmv, .mpg,
audio files, etc.
6. When one clicks on a download link, nothing happens. Therefore,
make a window to pop up, taht would display that access is denied or
something similar.
Joshua
be just as good.
On Apr 27, 1:01 pm, ametedi...@gmail.com wrote:
> 1. Alt + left / right arrows to act as back / forward buttons in the
> browser accordingly.
>
> 2. Some way to turn off the computer. For example: a keyboard shortcut
> such as Ctrl+Alt+T that opens a terminal or a different window where
> one can type "halt" or "poweroff".
>
> 3. Option in the boot menu to install Webconverger to RAM and run it
Kai Hendry
> 1. Alt + left / right arrows to act as back / forward buttons in the
> browser accordingly.
Ok, that sounds fine. Anyone with a patch?
http://git.webconverger.org/?p=iceweasel-webconverger.git
> 2. Some way to turn off the computer. For example: a keyboard shortcut
> such as Ctrl+Alt+T that opens a terminal or a different window where
> one can type "halt" or "poweroff".
I wanted to introduce a Web service to do this. e.g. http://webconverger/halt
Though some people think it's a security hole if a user is able to
shutdown the machine. I think we need to take a poll here. :-)
I was thinking of introducing a system whereby the kiosk is configured
from the homepage it's customised to point to. So permission to
shutdown the machine is delegated to a Web application. This requires
some more thought mind!
> 3. Option in the boot menu to install Webconverger to RAM and run it
> from there. Make the cd automatically eject once the files are
> extracted to RAM.
This feature already exists, though I have not tested it recently. Try
appending 'toram' to the cmdline.
http://webconverger.org/boot/
> 4. Make each tab have its own X (close button), just as it is in the
> real Firefox
I'll accept a patch to for this, though I did think an X on the far
right is a little cleaner and simpler.
> 5. Plug-ins for playing more media file types, such as .wmv, .mpg,
> audio files, etc.
Webconverger will support HTML5 audio/video in the near future. So
please convert your media to the open container format, OGG. :-)
> 6. When one clicks on a download link, nothing happens. Therefore,
> make a window to pop up, taht would display that access is denied or
> something similar.
The code to block the download could be overhauled. I welcome any patches.
http://webconverger.org/kiosk
Thank you for your suggestions!
Guttorm Flatabø
3. Option in the boot menu to install Webconverger to RAM and run it
from there. Make the cd automatically eject once the files are
extracted to RAM.
The boot option "toram" should work. The CD will not be automatically ejected though.
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Guttorm
Guttorm Flatabø
> 2. Some way to turn off the computer. For example: a keyboard shortcutI wanted to introduce a Web service to do this. e.g. http://webconverger/halt
> such as Ctrl+Alt+T that opens a terminal or a different window where
> one can type "halt" or "poweroff".
Though some people think it's a security hole if a user is able to
shutdown the machine. I think we need to take a poll here. :-)
I'd think webconverger is usually used on computers where the user will have physical access to the hardware and will be able to do this the hard way anyway. My vote goes for making the power button shut down (ACPI?).
> 3. Option in the boot menu to install Webconverger to RAM and run itThis feature already exists, though I have not tested it recently. Try
> from there. Make the cd automatically eject once the files are
> extracted to RAM.
appending 'toram' to the cmdline.
http://webconverger.org/boot/
I've used this, and in one version it would poke a bug to the surface. So you should test this before using it.
> 5. Plug-ins for playing more media file types, such as .wmv, .mpg,Webconverger will support HTML5 audio/video in the near future. So
> audio files, etc.
please convert your media to the open container format, OGG. :-)
Yeah!
Guttorm