[Kde-kiosk] Alt F4 disable

[Martijn Klingens]

On Friday 17 December 2004 22:28, Philippe Schroll wrote:
> > That said, I started working on KioskTool at the aKademy conference this
> > summer and promised Waldo to write some modules,
>
> does that include a modules for non KDE related programs, like Firefox too
> ?

At least my TODO doesn't, since supporting those would be a very complex thing 
to do. Without using kdelibs (and thus the builtin Kiosk framework) it'll be 
hard to get a compatible set of lockdown options.

There are a few ways to do such a thing, but none of them is perfect:

- Don't use firefox, but compile the Gecko engine that firefox uses with KDE 
native widgets, which Zack Rusin and Lars Knoll wrote at aKademy this summer, 
and use Konqueror instead. Pro: uses all of KDE's power and Konqueror's 
kick-ass overall framework. Con: Doesn't support Firefox-specific extensions, 
amongst other things.

- Make Firefox somehow support the KDE kiosk framework, perhaps by checking 
for the relevant config files and parsing them or by using kdelibs directly. 
Pro: it will still be firefox that you're using, no need to switch 
applications. Con: it's a technical nightmare to write and support.

- Write a kiosk module that supports the firefox-specific settings, if any. 
Pro: by far the easiest to write, assuming Firefox has lockdown support in 
the first place. Con: It will be incompatible with the normal Kiosk 
framework, so any global settings won't necessarily take effect and other 
settings may behave differently then you're used to.

Anyway, I've been a happy Konqueror user since KDE 2.0, so I've no itch to 
scratch here. It's not (and won't be) on my personal TODO unless it'd become 
part of my day job.

Martijn