Depending no your skill or knowledge level, you can build a program in Visual
Basic 4 that would suit your needs.  If you have installed Microsoft's
Internet Explorer then you have the ability to encapsulate much of its
functionality in yor own app while only exposing the features you want.  this
would allow you to make full use of the latest in browser technology(far
better than Netscape, but then i'm highly opinionated here).  the beauty here
is that you control the interface, i.e. menus, toolbars, etc. and it would
take very little code to implement.  there are other considerations when
dealing with 32-bit operating systems that limit how much control you are
allowed but there are ways around most of that too.  i can go on if anyone is
interested.

Gary Acord

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From:   Museum discussion list on behalf of David Dawson
Sent:   Friday, February 14, 1997 4:23 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: hacking Netscape for Kiosks...

I have found a really neat piece of software (called InfoCourier) which
compiles HTML files, images etc into a self executing EXE file. It
contains a browser, and uses about 600k for he browser part. It allows
you to put your website (or a bit of it) onto any machine - it doesnt
need Netscape or IE, though I don't know about a MAC version. It has a
'clean screen' option which removes all file menus, buttons etc, so you
have to rely on HTML links and anchors.

You can get an evaluation version from
http://www.smartcode.com
it cost 100UK pounds (about 150$) for the full version

In article <v01530500af28f5279801@[204.140.246.62]>, Jim Angus
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>Does anyone know of a variation (a hacked version) of Netscape (or another
>browser) that has some features disabled, features such as:
>
>1.  The menu bar
>2.  The ability to quit
>
>Even better, is anyone aware of a web browser that prevents desktop access
>entirely when running? (we can use At Ease to limit desktop access)
>
>Is there anyone out there who is sufficiently familiar with Resedit to
>untake the challenge of hacking Netscape?
>
>Jim
>
>Jim Angus
>Internet and Hypermedia Programs
>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
>900 Exposition Blvd.
>Los Angeles, CA  90007
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>http://www.nhm.org/nhm
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