Launcher strategies

[Andre Garzia]

Richard,

Long time ago, I built a simple kiosk external that would prevent the user
from CMD+TABing out of the application. I know something similar can be
built for windows too, maybe even with vbscript. For linux, I have no clue
but just launching XOrg with no panels and just loading your app, the user
will have no where to go.

=)

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> At the SoCal Linux Expo yesterday I ran into fellow LiveCode dev Todd
> Cranston-Cuebas, and over lunch we were brainstorming solutions to a
> problem he has and one option is something that's near and dear to the
> hearts of many xTalkers:  a custom launcher UI.
>
> The idea is to present an alternative to the desktop for computers used in
> a specialized setting, so that the only options available are the ones the
> UI provides.
>
> Making these sorts of things was a popular hobby among many HyperCard
> fans, and it's not hard to do and reasonably useful as a startup app.
>
> But there's a problem with making this sort of kiosk-style launcher:
>
> It's too easy to launch an app and then have it go behind the launcher if
> they click on the launcher window.
>
> Ideally there would be some sort of stay-behind window property, sort of
> the opposite of a stay-in-front palette, but I know of know way to do that.
>
> Anyone here have an external or other solution for making a stay-in-back
> window in Mac, Win and Linux?
>
> Extra bonus points:  what x-plat methods are there for trapping things
> like Cmd-Tab to prevent switching out of this sort of kiosk mode?
>
> TIA -
>
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