[WEB4LIB] Re: constructive criticism on this list?

[Roy Tennant]

I find it interesting that the needs of in-library users (the minority) 
are dictating how you respond to out-of-the-library users (the 
majority). Why not have a local version of the library homepage 
bookmarked in your in-library browsers? A while back at UC Berkeley we 
solved a similar dilemma for branch libraries that wanted to bookmark 
their branch home page rather than the main page, but the browser 
software was loaded from a server. We simply had the browser bookmark a 
CGI script that would check the location of the booting PC, and load the 
appropriate page. But your case is likely much simpler. Just bookmark a 
local page, or even one on the server that has the Javascript.
Roy

On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at 10:47 AM, Drew, Bill wrote:

> The reason we use it is that our computer services department has 
> written a
> script to reload the browser if it is closed down on our public 
> machines.
> IE is the only application allowed to be run by the public on these
> machines.  Maybe the script could be modified so that I could remove the
> javascript for full page display.  It has nothing to do with the layout.
> The layout works no matter what the size of the browser window is.
>
> I am investigating possible alternatives to the javascript.  Is there a 
> way
> to configure IE so it loads initially full screen when a new browser is
> opened?
>
> Bill Drew
>
>