[Cialug] Firefox (partial) Kiosk Mode

[Matthew Nuzum]

Mozilla has an app/feature called prism for precisely this.
http://prism.mozillalabs.com/

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like suggestions, if anyone has them.  I have a piece of system
> software that publishes a website to allow for web-based control of
> it.  It's available only internally, not over the Internets.  This
> site requires Firefox to work perfectly, but is imperfect in IE.
> Which is unusual, because most sites that are faulty in this way
> require IE to the exclusion of other browsers.
>
> I'm exploring options for making the site available, and one thought
> that occurs to me is to use a desktop app/launcher/shortcut thing that
> will use Firefox to load the site, but I don't want to use the entire
> Firefox application.  I'd like to remove the address bar and most
> other controls.  Because other sites require IE, I need to let IE
> remain the primary browser and not encourage the use of Firefox among
> those who don't already use it.
>
> How can I do this?  I've looked for "firefox kiosk", but that usually
> involves completely walling off the computer outside of the browser,
> like at a kiosk in an airport or library or something.  I want the
> computer to remain, I just want to simplify Firefox itself.
>
> --
> Todd
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