Re: Building Public Information Terminal

["Hubert Sokolowski" <h sokolowski wsisiz edu pl>]

> HI
>
> Hope this is the right place for this, I am new. I have a spec to create
> a (dual screen) framework application that
>
> 1 displays mp3, flash, jpegs etc. on top screen
> 2: displays buttons on bottom screen which alter image when a key is
> pressed.
>
> The hardware is a dell pc basically, no mouse and the keyboard is a
> simple 8 key pad that outputs numbers 1-8 (I think but can be mapped).
>
> I am looking for the best way to create this and tools to use etc.
>
> The system is basically an information kiosk like you see in airports
> etc. the presentation screen on top may show several borderless frames
> containing differing media.
>
> Hope you can help - any thoughts welcome

you could create such information kiosk based on mozilla firefox,
see an article about mozdev group which created such a thing for some museum
http://news.com.com/Firefox+fortune+hunters/2100-1032_3-5455173.html?tag=nefd.top