Netscape kiosk mode

[rowan]

At 02:11 PM 11/2/95 -0800, you wrote:
>>>I'm at a public library which is planning to offer patron access to the
>>>Internet in early '96. I've heard mention of using Netscape in kiosk mode
>>
>>I too am interested in learning how to use Netscape (on Macs) in a kiosk
>>mode. It would be wonderful to disable access to the menu (or most of the
>>menu). This is conjunction with AtEase would make the whole lash-up more
>>robust.
>
>A program called ResEdit (Resource Editor; I assume it's available on AOL
>and similar sources) can be used to alter menus in most Mac programs. I've
>used it to change command keys, change menu text, remove menu items,
>colorize menu items, etc.  There are books on ResEdit that will show you
>how to change menus and other things in a program, but ResEdit has the
>potentional to be VERY DANGEROUS to your programs!!!   You can very easily
>detroy a program by changing the wrong thing; the admonition that everyone
>is unofficially obligated to include in any mention of ResEdit is -- always
>work on a copy of the program, not your original!   (If anyone knows of a
>similar editing program for Windows programs, I'd like to hear about it).


When this topic was last discussed, quite a few people recommended a
resource editing kit produced by Borland.  For Windows programs, it enables
similar modifications to those produced by ResEdit.


Rowan Brownlee
CD-Rom Librarian
General Reference Library
State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie St. Sydney 2000
NSW, Australia
rowanb at ilanet.slnsw.gov.au