HissenIT Kiosk - A Kiosk Web Browser for Kiosk-PCs

HissenIT Kiosk is a Web Browser in Kiosk mode. The Kiosk browser is displayed in full screen, hiding all other system bars or icons. There are three options to configure the actual Kiosk behavior:

• Allow Browser Address bar: In this mode, the Browser runs with a location bar. A white and a black list for web sites and a starting page can be configured.
  The optional white list and/or a black list may contain allowed and forbidden URLs. The starting page can be on the Internet or Intranet. Using the white and black lists allows to easily configure the Kiosk behavior without requiring the specified web page to be changed. For instance, if an Intranet page contains external links that are not white listed, the Kiosk Browser won't follow these links. Hence, the user cannot leave the web page.
  If no white or black list is used, all web sites which can be accessed from the computer's network are allowed.
• No Address bar: In this mode, the specified starting page will be displayed. No location bar is used. Everything else works like described before.
• Use Local Files: If you are not running a web server but you have web content to be displayed in Kiosk mode, you can also provide local files and specify the default / starting file. This can be any content / Web content that can be displayed by a Browser: HTML files, JavaScript applications, games, images, videos etc.
  In this mode, no external links are followed by default. No white or black list is used, no address bar is displayed.

HissenIT Kiosk is used in the context of Kiosk computers, Kiosk PCs or Windows in kiosk mode. Other systems are also possible.

Please note our recommendations on security.

We describe some use cases below.

Examples

Wikipedia with Location bar

Wikipedia without Location bar

Company Homepage without Location bar

Use Cases

Technically speaking, the use case of HissenIT Kiosk is everywhere where content (Web-based, Web sites, Information, Images, Videos, Web-/Games etc.) has to be displayed with or without user interaction AND the underlying computer/device/machine shall not be visible, used and tampered with. This could be but is not limited to the following use case examples:

• Digital Signage (trade shows, entry areas etc.)
• Info booth devices or information terminals with or without interaction (e.g., use company homepage restricting external links automatically)
• Libraries & Labs, e.g., limiting school laptops: Browser-only mode PLUS specifying web sites (e.g., school homepage, Wikipedia etc.)
• Presentation monitor devices
• Gaming terminals / Arcade halls

The content can be anything that can be displayed by a modern HTML5-based Web Browser, e.g.: HTML, JavaScript applications, images/pictures, videos, animations, presentations, games etc.

Device Security: Kiosk Configuration

We provide an easy Windows script to restrict important action / hot keys like CTRL, ALT, Windows-Key etc., but we suggest to to use an additional restricted system configuration to deny the user to access the underlying system! Required actions for this are, e.g.: Using a restricted user account, disable additional software that might popup or use additional Kiosk mode software to restrict the system to run a single application. HissenIT Kiosk only provides a Kiosk Web Browser!

We also suggest to use a secure BIOS/CMOS and Windows account password - in case the user is able to perform a hard reset (or disconnect power etc.) of the corresponding computer.

License / EULA

Please see the download page.