[WEB4LIB:14801] Custom Toolbars

[Andrew J. Mutch]

Bill,

Right -- you would have to use this in netscape's kiosk mode with a
frameset where your top (or side, or bottom) frame is your toolbar and the
other frame as your page location, to really get a good use out of it.

Andrew Mutch
Northville District Library
Northville, MI


On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Wilfred Drew wrote:

> The examples are nice and explain how Netscape has done their page.  One
> problem I have, they are not really toolbars!  They are part of the page!!
> They do not really change the behavior or appearance of the browser.  They
> are simply a JavaScript based menu bar.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Andrew J. Mutch
> > Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:57 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB:14801] Custom Toolbars
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > For those of you who have played with my kiosk mode help page, you might
> > want to take a look at this page from Netscape.  It describes how to
> > create customized toolbars that function like the Navigator toolbar.  It
> > includes information on customizing these bars so that you can include
> > buttons that link to other sites or allow users to send mail.  I can see a
> > lot of possibilities and it would be interesting to see what kind of
> > variations you code-crackers out there can come up with.
> >
> > The Netscape page:
> >
> http://developer.netscape.com/docs/technote/dynhtml/toolbar/index.html
> 
> My kiosk help page:
> 
> http://tln.lib.mi.us/~nort/tech/kiosk.htm
> 
> Andrew Mutch
> Northville District Library
> Northville, MI
> 
>