For reasons related to special needs adolescence I researched the use of a kiosk-mode browser on a Mac.
The short answer is - there are no free options. There's not much of a market for this on OS X, and even browsers that support kiosk mode on Windows 7 don't do it on a Mac. Opera used to support kiosk mode in OS X, but the available documentation is out of date and when I tried the kiosk mode command was not recognized. (Opera for Mac is basically dead.)
Several older posts mention Saft for Safari -- that product has been abandoned and doesn't run in modern Safari.
eCrisper for Mac is not in the app store, but it is still sold for $79 with a very restrictive license. Since it's not in the app store I would worry about Mountain Lion compatibility.
Running Chrome with extension in kiosk mode, particularly if combined with SimpleFinder and single app execution might come close for some purposes.
Firefox has an extension called Public Fox that allows you to lock the Firefox menues and Options. I can't find an equivalent for Safari yet.
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