Mosaic kiosk mode? Alternatives?

[Karen Zimmerman]

I've seen a demonstration of "Prospector" which is a touchscreen browser
put out by MicroTouch Systems.  They also apparently manufacture the
touchscreen workstation hardware.

Their website about their award-winning product is:
http://www.microtouch.com/pawards.htm

--Karen Zimmerman, Project Librarian
University of Iowa Libraries
karen-zimmerman at uiowa.edu

>I'm new to this list, here because I manage our library's
>web site (http://www.washoe.lib.nv.us - y'all come visit
>any time).
>
>We're planning for a public access Internet PC, probably
>connecting through our county network.  The main piece of
>software used would be a web browser, and I'm looking for
>one that will run (or can be modified to run) in "kiosk mode"
>with some functions disabled.
>
>I've read Carole Leita's description of how to modify Netscape
>< http://www.lib.berkeley.edu:8000/NS/ > but am hoping to find
>an alternative that would require less programming.
>
>Found a few references in the archive about Mosaic's kiosk mode,
>but nothing recent.  Would appreciate any info about your
>experiences with this, or any other options.
>--jk
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