Comments on: Kiosk mode in Opera 8.51 for OS X

By: OtherMachines

OtherMachines — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:28:00 +0000

Ok this is getting weird now… tried the Applescript app I made in Panther on a machine with Tiger.
And much to my surprise, it runs in Tiger without the annoying ‘press ok to run this script’ dialog box.
I guess I need to hang on to a Panther machine or get the old Panther Applescript Editor on any future Tiger machines.

By: OtherMachines

OtherMachines — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:42:00 +0000

oh flooping hell – this works in Panther but in Tiger… the App you create in Applescript then forces you to click on OK before it will run… I guess this is a security feature, but it’s bloody annoying. Back to square 1.

By: OtherMachines

OtherMachines — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:56:00 +0000

probably got this wrong but I think I can automate Opera starting in Kiosk mode by going to the Applescript editor and typing in this script:
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do shell script “/Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/Opera -kioskmode”
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Then save it as an application and make that App start at startup or login in the ‘Users’ system preference.

By: OtherMachines

OtherMachines — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:36:00 +0000

okay – getting there… under advances preferences, I think the path to the URL filtering file has to start
/Users/myname/Library/Preferences etc and not using colons as in the ‘Mastering Opera’ guide. Now it’s just making Opera go nuts.