Super Start

While, generally speaking, most applications are designed to target large groups of users, there are some that are very specific in regard to what they do exactly. Super Start is one of those applications, being a simple program that is meant to work with kiosks or info booths. The idea behind it is that when the software of such an outdoor machine crashes, it provides a way to restart everything through a keypad and PIN system.

In theory, this is an application designed for owners of various IT-powered booths. Whether it's an info booth in a museum, a virtual vending machine of sorts, or a bill-paying POS, this piece of software is designed as a fail-safe mechanism.

It employs the use of a virtual keypad and XML file. The latter works as a connection between the software on the machine and this particular application. Further instructions are provided on the developer's website where you can basically go into as much detail as you need.

The whole application backbone is represented by the XML file that you'll encounter once you've run the program for the first time. In it are instructions that have to do with the fail-safe PIN code, the application path in order to have the two pieces of software tied together, and many other options that deal with how the program should behave in a crash or software-failure scenario.

Decide on the start delay. Edit the background image. Decide on the fail behavior. These are options that will help integrate this particular software with the rest of your machine, nice and easy.

Super Start is no ordinary application. Its very small user palette makes it less relevant than other programs, yet its functionality does give it a particular feel and usefulness, thus transforming it into a relevant extension of any type of e-kiosk business.