Instant WebKiosk/EDS, alias Easy Digital Signage flavour, is an operating system designed for digital signage installations on standard (even diskless) PC hardware.
It is a "live" (no installation required) browser-only (only the browser interface will show up) operating system based on Linux Debian. It boots from USB keys* or CD-ROMS* and features full HTML5 support (Firefox), Adobe Flash support and a very useful on-screen virtual keyboard for touch devices.
Instant WebKiosk/EDS displays a full-screen view with locked navigation, restricted to the page specified. There is no way to stop it or escape this view but rebooting the machine. After the reset, the operating system defaults to original values except for persistent settings*: network, i18n, sound and digital-signage related configurations persist across reboots.
Features:
- system ready at every reboot without man presence: automatic start of the operating system in digital signage mode with selected network connection method (or DHCP for non persistent build);
- mantainance screen displayed after boot for 5 seconds for parameters changing;
- mouse pointer hides itself in about a minute of user inactivity;
- optional on-screen virtual keyboard;
- machine MAC address is added at the end of the target URL, allowing multiple deploys pointing just one server location, for example: yourserver.com?id=080027fe959b. It's up to your local/remote server logic to display the appropriate content;
- URL, reload time and virtual keyboard settings are preserved across reboots*: even if Instant WebKiosk/EDS is a live system, (only) some settings are saved directly into a hidden partition inside the USB key: network, internationalization, sound and digital signage settings are persistent!
What is new in this release:
- Network Time Protocol synchronization and local time zones configuration.
- Instructions added for a pseudo-navigation panel, Chrome view (useful when managing pop-ups in the digital signage view is needed).
What is new in version 12.0:
- Debian 7.2.0 update.
- Browser resetting feature bug fixed (Firefox view).
- Extensions icons bugfix.
- Better virtual keyboard, which now is displayed only when text input is needed (and
- feature enabled, of course). Thanks to Stephen Wille Padnos.
- Autostarting kiosk is now aborted by a mouse click and not by a mouse movement in
- the initial interface (many requested). Exactly the same as the Raspberry Digital
- Signage behaviour.
What is new in version 11.0:
- optional added navigation bar (with home and browser-reset buttons);
- fixed media view big&ugly bugs (on reboot network is not initialized and mouse hided itself even in admin interface);
- printing capability added (useful in Chrome view);
- screen blanking timeout fixed in order to work on all systems.
What is new in version 10.0:
- new: slideshow & video kiosk mode;
- optional screenblanking after an user-specified time;
- plymouth inclusion for better-looking bootstrap.
What is new in version 9.2:
- New languages supportrd: Czech, Portoguese, Russian. Spanish
- (Firefox bugfix).
What is new in version 9.0:
- screen resolution preferences (previously IWK/EDS always opened at highest resolution available);
- update to Debian 7 stable complete.
What is new in version 8.0:
- HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION. Settings persistence is preserved even
- for non-USB devices. This means that IWK/EDS live image is now fully installable on
- hard drive, maintaining the security of an inalterable OS!
- Customizable proxy settings.
- Domains whitelist: it's possible to restrict access to a whitelist of domains
- only.
- Machine unque id (MAC address), sent via GET parameter to the target URL, can now
- be disabled.
- Admin interface refactory.
- AdBlock Plus and popup-block active by default in Chrome view.
What is new in version 7.0:
- New admin interface.
What is new in version 5.0:
- password management;
- remote system management (SSH);
- network check method changed: now it's possible for IWK to work within LAN only (no Internet access required).
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