Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations documents stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but keeping them uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want to get each location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I can lock the device to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can browse uptodate docs at leisure and not be able to edit or print them(unless I specifically permit this).
What would be your solution?
Ta
Steve

On 23/10/2018 17:22, Mr Sandman wrote:
Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations documents stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but keeping them uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want to get each location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I can lock the device to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can browse uptodate docs at leisure and not be able to edit or print them(unless I specifically permit this).
What would be your solution?

Both iOS and Android support a "kiosk" mode, which can be used to limit
access to a single app etc. In IOS its called "Guided Access" (under
Accessibility in settings), and should be there out of the box. In
Android there is a screen pinning facility in security under settings.
There are also various third party apps that can tie it down further.

Other options might be to just leave the tablet to access an intranet
page of some form, and keep all your docs on that, so they automatically
get the latest "live" version of everything. (you could configure the
web browsers to access the web via a proxy which you control)





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Well is it the cheap or configurableness that is important, if its the
cheap The Amazon tablets seem ideal for it. I do not know how easy they are
to configure to remove bits of the underlying Android system to stop them
playing or tv on it though.
Brian

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Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations documents
stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but keeping them
uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want to get each
location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I can lock the device
to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can browse uptodate docs at
leisure and not be able to edit or print them(unless I specifically permit
this).
What would be your solution?
Ta
Steve

On 23/10/2018 20:02, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/10/2018 17:22, Mr Sandman wrote:
Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations
documents stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but
keeping them uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want
to get each location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I
can lock the device to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can
browse uptodate docs at leisure and not be able to edit or print
them(unless I specifically permit this).
What would be your solution?

Both iOS and Android support a "kiosk" mode, which can be used to limit
access to a single app etc. In IOS its called "Guided Access" (under
Accessibility in settings), and should be there out of the box. In
Android there is a screen pinning facility in security under settings.
There are also various third party apps that can tie it down further.

Other options might be to just leave the tablet to access an intranet
page of some form, and keep all your docs on that, so they automatically
get the latest "live" version of everything. (you could configure the
web browsers to access the web via a proxy which you control)





You could also "distribute" the docs as PDFs to make them uneditable. I
was also going to suggest the intranet type of option but maybe the
business is such that it does not have or need an intranet. Could also
put the docs on a NAS drive?

On Tuesday, 23 October 2018 17:22:48 UTC+1, Mr Sandman wrote:
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations
documents stored in Dropbox.

PDFs can be set to prevent printing or copying of the contents, although that may contravene accessibility requirements.

Owain

In article ,
newshound wrote:
On 23/10/2018 20:02, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/10/2018 17:22, Mr Sandman wrote:
Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations
documents stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but
keeping them uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want
to get each location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I
can lock the device to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can
browse uptodate docs at leisure and not be able to edit or print
them(unless I specifically permit this).
What would be your solution?

Both iOS and Android support a "kiosk" mode, which can be used to limit
access to a single app etc. In IOS its called "Guided Access" (under
Accessibility in settings), and should be there out of the box. In
Android there is a screen pinning facility in security under settings.
There are also various third party apps that can tie it down further.

Other options might be to just leave the tablet to access an intranet
page of some form, and keep all your docs on that, so they
automatically get the latest "live" version of everything. (you could
configure the web browsers to access the web via a proxy which you
control)





You could also "distribute" the docs as PDFs to make them uneditable.

I have a commecially available program that allows me to edit pdfs.

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On 23/10/2018 20:58, charles wrote:
In article ,
newshound wrote:
On 23/10/2018 20:02, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/10/2018 17:22, Mr Sandman wrote:
Hi peeps,
I need to make easily available to staff in multiple locations
documents stored in Dropbox. We have always kept paper folders but
keeping them uptodate and in order has been a mare of a job. So I want
to get each location a cheap tablet in a rough service case, where I
can lock the device to only access one app, dropbox, so staff can
browse uptodate docs at leisure and not be able to edit or print
them(unless I specifically permit this).
What would be your solution?

Both iOS and Android support a "kiosk" mode, which can be used to limit
access to a single app etc. In IOS its called "Guided Access" (under
Accessibility in settings), and should be there out of the box. In
Android there is a screen pinning facility in security under settings.
There are also various third party apps that can tie it down further.

Other options might be to just leave the tablet to access an intranet
page of some form, and keep all your docs on that, so they
automatically get the latest "live" version of everything. (you could
configure the web browsers to access the web via a proxy which you
control)





You could also "distribute" the docs as PDFs to make them uneditable.

I have a commecially available program that allows me to edit pdfs.

Yes but they won't. And they can be locked against editing for the paranoid.

Thanks all. I have an old tab2 I could practice on. Dropbox can be configured to not allow edits so will go with that for now.
Cheers