[WEB4LIB] Netscape composer

[Mary Martin]

Mary,

I would suggest just loading the standalone Netscape Navigator browser on the
library workstations, instead of Netscape Communicator, which includes Composer
and a bunch of other tools that you may not want patrons to have access to. If
you just install the Netscape Navigator browser, then students/patrons have no
access to e-mail (unless it's web based) or Netscape Composer. I think the
current version of Navigator is 4.08, and it can be downloaded from Netscape's
home page.

Once you disable Netscape Composer, your students may find that they can use
WordPad, the crude word processor that comes with Windows 95/98 and NT, to
write out papers. If you decide you want to disable that, it can be done during
the setup process (at least in NT).

Good luck,

Mary
--
Mary C. Martin, Computer/Technical Services Librarian
Fort Smith Public Library
61 South 8th Street, Fort Smith, AR  72901
501-783-0229 (phone)   501-782-8571 (fax)
http://www.fspl.lib.ar.us



"Mary Platt (Library)" wrote:

> Does anyone have a way to disable the composer in Netscape?
>
> We do not support any wordprocessing from our library reference
> workstations.  So there is no WORD or other software available to the
> students here for that purpose.  We send them to the computer lab for that.
>  But some of the clever students know that Netscape Composer works just
> fine for typing out a paper.  How can I block them from this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mary Platt
> Assistant Librarian
> Co-Ordinator of Electronic Reference Services
> Kennesaw State University
> 1000 Chastain Road
> Kennesaw, GA  30144
> 770-423-6197