Compare Chrome extensions: Exit Kiosk vs Kiosk Keep Awake (Extension)

Stats Exit Kiosk Exit Kiosk Kiosk Keep Awake (Extension) Kiosk Keep Awake (Extension)
User count 7,636+ 4,392+
Average rating 4.50 5.00
Rating count 4 3
Last updated 2016-10-13 2016-08-04
Size 25.64K 427.01K
Version 1.0.0 1.1
Short description
A Google Chrome Extension to automatically exit Kiosk mode when any window navigates to *exitkiosk*. Keep your kiosk from going to sleep, however allows you to manage the screen on/off in your kiosk app.
Full summary

A Google Chrome Extension to automatically close Kiosk mode when any window navigates to exitkiosk. Based on the "openkiosk" extension, this extension fixes an issue with that extension so that it will work with kiosk apps opened using the chrome -kiosk flag. This application is intended for use by Kiosk-Mode applications which need to be able to close back to the desktop.

Closes any window (tab) in chrome which contains the characters: 'exitkiosk'. Note that this may interfere with general web browsing. Although it's unlikely any page will contain these characters.

If you are the creator of a kiosk product then this extension may be useful to you as self.close() will not shut the kiosk.

Install this extension and then launch your kiosk app with a shortcut:

(Windows) "C:\Users*user*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --kiosk http://localhost/"

If there are no other chrome windows, the page will be launched as kiosk mode. To shut your kiosk mode full screen app, call:

javascript:location.href = 'http://exitkiosk';

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Keep your system from going to sleep. Manages only the "System" state and not the "Display". This allows you to manage the display state in your kiosk app easily.

  • Made for Chrome OS devices running as a kiosk.
  • Installing is all that is needed, defaults to keep "System" form sleeping.
  • Chrome OS's default Display/Screen rules remain.

I created this for a kiosk software we have which manages the Chrome OS "Display" based on a user defined schedule, however the ability to allow the screen to go turn off and then back later from the app is not possible without the use of wake alarms which ends up requiring hands on work on each kiosk.

Now I simply add this ext. to the automatically installed extensions, set everything to kiosk mode and push the kiosk app... Done. I never have to touch the Chrome Box that runs everything.