[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape Communicator floating toolbar (fwd)

[Andrew Mutch]

Katie,

The best solution to this problem is to upgrade to the Standalone version
of Navigator - release 4.08.  This has all of the mail and editor functions
stipped out including the floating tool bar.  Also, this version of
Navigator is the most stable available, especially in implementation of
Java and Javascript support.  It is available at:

http://home.netscape.com/download/index.html

If these workstations are only being used as OPACs, you might want to look
at my help pages that explain how to do things like disabling short-cut
keys and running Navigator in Superkiosk mode. These are available at:

northville.lib.mi.us/tech/netscape.html

If you have to stick with 4.04, you might want to explore using Netscape's
Client Customization Kit.  I haven't used it at all but it does allow you
to create custom "netscape.cfg" files, which I believe would you allow you
to lock this component down.  Maybe someone who has used the CCK could add
more.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Katie Kinnear wrote:

> Thanks Kevin - this works on my own NT workstation, but under
> Netsitter, this combination does not seem to do anything - perhaps
> because there is no menu bar.
>
> Does anybody else have any other ideas?
>
> >> Kevin Sullivan (internet at mcpl.lib.mo.us)
> >> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:23:15 -0800 (PST)
> >>
> >> Is it <Alt>+V+W+F -- this works on Communiator 4.5 / Win95 from the
> >> browser window.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kevin Sullivan
> >> Internet Systems Manager
> >> Mid-Continent Public Library
> >> http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us
> >> mailto:web at mcpl.lib.mo.us
> >>
> >> Roy Tennant wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Posted on behalf of Katie Kinnear <k.kinnear at mdx.ac.uk>, please do
> >> > not reply to me. Thanks, Roy
> >> >
> >> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> >  I have searched the list archives, and looked on the Netscape
> >> >  support centre, and anywhere else I can think of, but I haven't
> >> >  found a solution to the following problem:
> >> >
> >> >  At Middlesex University we are running our library web catalogue
> >> >  via Netscape Navigator (4.04) on diskless workstations, using
> >> >  Netsitter under Windows 3.1. However, one or more of our students
> >> >  have found out how to make the floating communicator toolbar
> >> >  appear (i.e. the one that normally sits on the status bar),
> >> >  presumably via some combination of key strokes, and we cannot get
> >> >  stop them doing it, as we don't know the key combination that
> >> >  they are using. Please could somebody tell me firstly what
> >> >  combination brings up the communicator floating toolbar, and
> >> >  secondly, how we can get rid of it forever.
> >> >
> >> >  Thanks in advance....
> >> >
> >> >  Katie
> >> >  _________________________________________
> >> >  Katie Kinnear
> >> >  Assistant Systems Librarian
> >> >  Middlesex University
> >> >  Bounds Green Rd, London N11 2NQ
> >> >  Tel: +44 (0)181 362 6434 ; Fax: +44 (0)181 362 5163
> >> >  email: k.kinnear at mdx.ac.uk
> >> >  _________________________________________
> >
> >http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive/9912/0017.html
> >
>
> _________________________________________
>
> Katie Kinnear
> Assistant Systems Librarian
> Middlesex University
> Bounds Green Rd, London N11 2NQ
> Tel: +44 (0)181 362 6434 ; Fax: +44 (0)181 362 5163
> email: k.kinnear at mdx.ac.uk
> _________________________________________