Creating a "Kiosk" browser on public access PCs

Fri Aug 14 15:50:19 EDT 1998

My library is in the process of setting up 16 new public access PCs.  Our
trial of WinSelect Kiosk ran out, we haven't found the money to buy it, and
I'm looking for alternatives.  Help!  

I'm tying to adapt Andrew Mutch's kiosk mode
<http://tln.lib.mi.us/~nort/tech/kiosk.htm> (thanks for publishing so many
of your useful pages, Andrew!) to avoid paying for a third party solution. 

Quick question on the kiosk mode - I'm trying to get rid of the titlebar,
so that patrons *can't* close Netscape... checking the Netscape
documentation, it's telling me I need a signed script to set the value to
"titlebar=no"

I'm not a javascript programmer, I don't even play one on TV.  Although
I've altered and fiddled with a few scripts, this seems beyond my current
expertise or attention span.  Is there an off chance that someone else is
willing to share a solution they've found?

Katherine 

(those of you who may remember previous postings this past April - our
public access internet stations are NOT AUTHENTICATED at the user level!
Hooray!  Thanks for your support)

The script follows:

<html>
 <head>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 <!--
 function WinOpen(){
 window.open("http://libraries.maine.edu","",
"status=yes,location=yes,hotkeys=yes,toolbar=yes,titlebar=no,scrollbars=yes")
 timeoutID=setTimeout("WinClose()", 1000)
 }
 function WinClose(){
         window.close()
 }
 //-->
 </SCRIPT>
 </head>
 <body onLoad="WinOpen()">
 </body>
 </html>

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Katherine Furlong                   <> Mantor Library, 41 High St.
User Education and                  <> Farmington, ME  04938
     Electronic Resources Librarian <> kfurlong at maine.maine.edu
University of Maine at Farmington   <> 207-778-7224
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