Kiosk Mode

The kiosk mode is a special mode where the access to the computer is restricted to the browser only. It is no longer possible to launch other applications, there's no menu bar and there are some other restrictions. The kisok mode is useful for kiosk environments where the computer is located in a public place (hotel lobby, exhibitions, etc.) and therefore must be protected.

When entering the kiosk mode you should enter a password to make sure that nobody else is able to leave the kiosk mode.

enter Kiosk

Because there's no menu bar available in kiosk mode, you must use the keyboard shortcut Cmd-T to be able to leave the kiosk mode.

To leave the kiosk mode you have to enter the correct password. If you click the OK button, iCab will leave the kiosk mode. If you click the Quit button instead iCab will quit but remains in kiosk mode internally, so the next time iCab is launched it will automatically enter the kiosk mode.

leave Kiosk

Important: We recommend to use MacOS 8.6 or MacOS 9.x for the Kiosk mode, because it is not so easy to get the needed protection and restrictions under Mac OS X. Only use Mac OS X when no keyboard is attached (when using a touch screen).

Under MacOS 8.6 and MacOS 9.x you can use the extension Disable Force Quit to prevent that anyone can force-quit iCab to get access to the system.

iCab supports the Crash Protection devices of Sophisticated. These devices will allow to automatically restart the kiosk system if iCab or the system crashes.