[WEB4LIB] RE: Beware of pages changing your homepage. . .

[Andrew Mutch]

I've seen Javascript that does this for Netscape too -- I think it was
at Lycos.  If you are using Netscape 4.x, it is important to keep your
prefs.js file set to read-only so that when this occurs, the change
won't be saved when the browser is restarted.

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

Martha Verchot wrote:

> Yes, I have found this irritating.
>
> I found a number of sites that describe this as some
> kind of wonder for e-commerce.  In fact, there is a
> web company called Make Me Your Home Page, Inc.
> that is selling their version of the code for $129.  they
> claim that their software works on either Netscape
> or IE so it must be possible on both.
>
> Here are a couple of examples:
> ------------
> Make Me Your Home Page, Inc.
> http://www.mmyhp.com/
> http://www.mmyhp.com/readme.htm
>
> ====
>
> Set Home Page instructions (IE) from
> http://www.danslagle.com/FrontPage/Easy.html
>
> -------------
> Think we could get up a class action suit against
> them for the staff time lost in resetting computers
> "damaged" by their code?
>
> ;-)
>
> Unfortunately, the real offenders are our patrons
> who hit the button when they know they are
> using a public computer that doesn't belong to
> them.
>
> Martha Verchot
>
>