From: Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T03:28:57+09:00
Subject: Ruby kiosk client suggestions.

Hello all,
   I'm writing an Open Source Internet-Cafe style kiosk system for
public libraries in Ruby. I'm trying to find a gui toolkit that will fit
my needs, and hours of googling have given me little incite. Here is
what it needs to do.

1) Display a login screen for username/password. This screen needs to
take over the entire desktop, and not allow task switching or anything
of the like.

2) A small window or menu applet to let users know how much time they
have left.

3) Small popup alerts when time is getting low.

4) This program needs to run on Linux/KDE and Windows.

Part 1 is what I can't figure out. At first, I was going to use Tk, but
I can't find a way to do it in Tk. Then I was going to use Qt, but I've
found I will have many problems getting a ruby/qt application to run on
windows. Now I'm thinking of using Ruby/GTK2.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. In particular, code to implement
part 1 would be wonderful.

Thanks for your help.
Kyle
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