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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, January 13, 1998
Microsoft gives choice for surfing students
New browser eases campus navigation
By Aaron Knopf
Kansan staff reporter
Academic Computing Services has bucked the exclusivity trend set by the University of Kansas' deals with Coca-Cola and Nike by providing campus computer users with a choice of Web browsers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is now installed side-by-side with Netscape Communicator on PCs in Budig Hall and the Computer center labs. Soon, it will be installed on all Macintosh computers. The Academic Computing Services' staff installed the Microsoft browser for the convenience of people who were more familiar with it than the Netscape browser.
These two software applications allow computer users to access pages designed for the World Wide Web. The University receives both the Netscape and Microsoft browser for free educational use.
"Some people will be using one. Some people will be using the other. By having them both available, it just makes it a little bit easier for people to use the lab," said Wes Hubert, Academic Computing Services assistant director.
Hubert said offering both
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"By having them both available, it just makes it a little bit easier for people to use the lab."
Wes Hubert
Academic Computing Services
browsers was similar to the policy of providing two different word processing packages, Microsoft Word and Word Perfect, on the lab computers.
Hubert said Academic Computing Services decided in the summer of 1997 to have both browsers installed by the fall semester. However, a lack of time and a pending new release of Internet Explorer prevented the staff from including the Microsoft browser.
Although the new version of Internet Explorer came out in the middle of the 1997 fall semester, Academic Computing Services decided not to add it then.
"For the most part, we try to make changes between semesters." Hubert said.
Students had the first opportunity to use the new browser yesterday morning. Stephen Grigsby, Salina junior, took advantage of the opportunity.
Grigsby said he was relatively new to Web browsing, and it was the first time he had ever
used the Microsoft browser.
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Before, Grigsby had browsed through Netscape Communicator in the labs. He also installed the Netscape browser on his own PC, because it was available with the KU Internet Pack
Grigsby said he did not have trouble using the Microsoft browser, but he found no reason to switch from the Netscape browser.
"I don't know the advantages and disadvantages. I'd probably just use what I was familiar with," he said.
Aaron Lindberg, Kansas City, Kan. freshman, also tried the Microsoft browser. He said he had used an earlier version of the Internet Explorer. Ultimately, he settled on the Netscape Gold browser, because he could use Gold to design his own Web pages.
He noticed that his personal home page, created in Netscape Gold, did not look quite the same when viewed with the Internet Explorer. Like Grigsby, he did not see any reason to switch from the Netscape browser.
"I like Netscape better. I just kind of grew up on it, I guess you could say," Lindberg said.
Lost dial-in accounts can be renewed online through new web site
By Aaron Knopf
Kansan staff writer
You've just returned from break and want to check your e-mail from home. But midial, your modem suddenly hangs up. You try connecting again. No luck.
Students who can't dial in to the University of Kansas Internet service should know that all dial-in accounts not set for automatic renewal were canceled December 31, 1997. Students can manually renew these accounts throughout January by logging on to the KU Account Registration page from any of the computers in the Computer Center, Budig Hall or other campus labs.
Jeremy Huffman, Wichita junior and customer assistant at the Computer Center, said that he received calls over the weekend from concerned students whose dial-in accounts had been canceled.
Students should not worry that their basic KU Internet accounts, including e-mail and home page space, have been deleted. These basic accounts, which are available free to all students, exist so long as a student remains enrolled. These accounts always are accessible from any campus computer with an Internet connection.
Dial-in accounts are available for an initial $30 fee and allow students to access the Internet and their e-mail from a home computer via modem.
Students can renew existing dial-in accounts or establish new accounts from the KU Account Registration Page, http://www.ukans.edu/account.htm
To renew dial-in access, choose "Renew a dial-in account." New users should choose "Get new account(s)."
After selecting the appropriate link, students should follow the instructions that appear on screen. Lab assistants are available to help with any problems.
Jerree Catlin, Academic Computing Services supervisor of documentation and training, said the dial-in account renewal option will exist only in January. After that, users will have to establish new dial-in accounts.
"The advantage of renewing is that your same login name and password are automatically available. If you're going to have to sign up again, then you are going to have to enter all that information," Catlin
DIAL-IN INFO
To renew a KU diol-in account or establish a new Internet and/or dial-in account, go to the KU Account Registration page at http://www.ukans.edu/account.htm Direct any problems or questions to a lab assistant or call System Access at 864.0439.
A basic Internet account is free to enrolled students. Dialog-in accounts cost $30 for access through July.
said.
When establishing or renewing a dial-in account, students can select an automatic renewal option. By choosing automatic renewal, the Computer Center will keep the accounts active as long as students remain enrolled and pay their dial-in access fees.
Students who have established or renewed their dial-in accounts, will receive a bill for $30 for dial-in access through July. With automatic renewal, enrolled students will receive another bill approximately six months from now to continue service for the rest of the year. Access fee payments must be sent to the billing office or made directly at the cashier's window in Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
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