RE: Question of efficiency

Hi, Kenneth

At 07:31 AM 6/25/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>
>       > I personally much prefer separate simultaneously running
>sessions
>       > to group or sysreq jobs. 
>
>Interesting view Vernon....
>
>That is what several of the programmers here at my company think too.
>
>Personally I find it easier to hit the attention key and jump to another
>group job.
>
>I guess that comes from being very comfortable working from the key
>board
>as opposed to working with a mouse. I find it slower to use the mouse to
>switch 
>between several different windows on my PC screen....
>
>The fact that a group job environment is more efficient from a "system
>resource"
>point of view is a plus for my way of doing things too...   :)

Different strokes...

I agree that using the mouse is often slower than using the keyboard.
That's why I don't usually use it to navigate between windows. Instead, I
use Alt-Tab repeatedly as needed to get to the window I want.

The other advantage of multiple sessions is the same as using a
multiple-session dumb terminal: I can see both side by side (or over and
under), and neither one is suspended. In other words, I can fire off some
process, say a Query or SQL statement, and then, while waiting for that to
finish, get other work done at the same time. Of course, this requires more
system resources, but I believe that the system is there to serve the user
(namely, me, etc.), not that the user should serve the system. Ergo, I'm of
the opinion that we should see what helps total productivity and then try
to get the hardware/software to support the work at hand.

JMHO
Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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