re: browser wars and javascript question from GH

relevant to our recent discussion about OS vendors 'integrating'
browsers into their OS:

Embedding Mozilla in Mac OS X Cocoa Apps

http://www.artlogic.com/articles/Embedding_Mozilla/


is it possible to embed Gecko or Mozilla in an app on Windows?


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also, re: GH's question about a chrome-less browser:

on Windows you can run in IE in kiosk mode which goes full-screen
with no windows chrome at all (not even the min, close buttons).

on the command line use: iexplore.exe -k

not sure if you can run command line stuff from a web browser but
seeing how that would be a major security risk i doubt it (but then
again, we are talking about microsoft afterall)

a coworker informed me that you can do something like this:
thePopup=document.open('fullscreen.html','TVTonic','fullscreen=yes',true);

on Mac OSX you might be able to make your own:

http://www.cocoadevcentral.com/articles/000077.php

I've been considering creating a 'gallery browser' as a project to
learn Mac OSX programming. it would go into full screen with no
buttons or widgets or chrome and would leave full screen only using
special user configurable key combo. the user could also limit the
domains that the browser could visit and be able to set a
configurable error page to gently tell visitors that are not allowed
to browse beyond the exhibition.

do you think anyone would be interested in a such a thing?
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