I am in a position where I can choose the client browser for my web app. The app is being used internally, and we are installing each client ‘manually’.I would like to find a better solution for the browser,so :
What is a good browser that I can use as a client to a web application?
General functionalities I would like to have:
- opening the browser from a shortcut, directly to the application’s URL
- ability to restrict navigation to a set of allowed URLs
- fullscreen mode, no menu, no address bar
- javascript
- good CSS support
- ability to cancel Back button (or at least solve the ‘Webpage has expired’ IE problem)
IE7 and FireFox are good candidates, but each seem to have it’s own problems and issues.
Mozilla Prism seems ideal for your purposes.
It shares code with Firefox but is designed to run web applications without the usual Browser interface to make them appear more like desktop applications. So no back button or address bar to worry about.
Edit: Google Chrome has Application Shortcuts so that may now be a better option.