Kids & Kiosk Mode, coming back [testers needed!]

cyperghost

@zigurana Hi mate, I think the easist method for users to test is if you can provide precompiled binaries ;) That's just my personal suggestion :)

One joke

HurricaneFan

@Zigurana A compiled binary would be awesome! That allowed me to test the collections feature pretty easily.

lilbud

You really have no idea how happy this makes me.

Now I just have to wait a few months til I have access to my arcade cabinet.

meleu

@cyperghost @HurricaneFan are you guys having problems with es-tests.sh or finding it hard to use?

HurricaneFan

@meleu Honestly, I tried to use it once but couldn't figure out what I did wrong. When I got a binary for the collection testing, it worked perfectly.

meleu

@hurricanefan If you have time to report about the difficulties you faced (in the tool's thread), I would be happy to improve the tool and make it easier to use.

herb_fargus

@zigurana I'll have to give it a spin. Thanks

akafox

@zigurana https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12271/want-to-improve-kiosk-kid-mode

that is my answer :)

pjft

Excellent news :) I'll read up on the PR and comment here or there, but great job on moving this forward!

herb_fargus

Currently the quit menu only has shutdown system.

Just out of curiosity by raise of hands is there any demand for adding restart system as a quit option to kiosk mode?

EctoOne

@herb_fargus said in Kiosk Mode, coming back [testers needed!]:

Currently the quit menu only has shutdown system.

Just out of curiosity by raise of hands is there any demand for adding restart system as a quit option to kiosk mode?

I vote Yes for the restart option. Because I'm using a dual boot setup that by default boots into Kodi and I don't want to re-add the Kodi system in Retropie.
Although I don't have any good reason to use Kiosk Mode. In the end it depends what can be hidden.

HurricaneFan

I'd love a restart option being available.

Zigurana

I've added the restart option to the Quit-menu.

Cjax08

This is so awesome I don't even know where to begin. Some of us were just talking about this in another thread about things we would like to see some day. If I could make a suggestion, I think the one option from the Retropie menu that needs to stay available while locked down is maybe wifi password entering if possible. Others like myself have made these for people in the past to use for Kodi along with gaming. It would be nice to not have to have it unlocked just to enter a new wifi password when it's moved to a new location. Also if we ever get a virtual keyboard implemented then I'm sure that would further increase the ease switching wifi.

herb_fargus

@cjax08 I don't know if I agree with that. As it stands right now the retropie menu isn't removed with kiosk mode anyways. I think it's up to the user as to what they do with the retropie menu and how much they want to include or remove

Cjax08

@herb_fargus

Oh ok I was mistaken then. I assumed the Retropie menu was locked out as well. It seems to me like some of the most harm can be done from the Retropie menu which gives access to just about every internal setting. Heck knowing that I would settle with just having it block the Retropie menu as a whole and skip the whole wifi idea haha. Just my 2 cents anyways.

Zigurana

@cjax08 said in Kiosk Mode, coming back [testers needed!]:

Oh ok I was mistaken then. I assumed the Retropie menu was locked out as well. It seems to me like some of the most harm can be done from the Retropie menu which gives access to just about every internal setting.

The next step will enable the hiding of individual games/items, this will include those in the Retropie "system".

Cjax08

@zigurana

Well I'll just sit down over here because clearly you're awesome and have this covered. Can't wait man. Appreciate all the hard work from everyone.

Capeman

@zigurana Are you planning on locking out Add/Remove favorites also? That is a big one for me, i don't want my kids messing with my favorites list haha!

Zigurana

@Cjax08 hey, as long as you keep contributing your 2cts, those are valuable to me: they show me we are on the right track.

@Capeman : With respect to locking out favorite-toggling, (and filtering) that would be part of the kids-mode as well. I would see the kiosk mode as something that is still functional in day-to-day use, while locking away configuration items.

The kidmodes will be even more locked down. What to include / exclude there is still open for discussion (although people who used the previous iteration will know what to expect).