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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   3. Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence (Douglas Handy)
>
>And, how many
>> people know that Alt+DownArrow will show the contents of a list/combo
>> control?
>
>Or that F4 does the same thing.  This should be especially easy for iSeries
>users to remember since F4 is the typical "prompt" keystroke.

And there's an excellent point!

Everybody remember "CUA"? Most of these elements were defined there and in 
related 'standards/guides'. As a ~general~ guideline, an F-key should do pretty 
much the same function whether GUI or green-screen. (I'm not sure how current 
UI standards might discuss this.)

Unfortunately, an awful lot of green-screen isn't 'standard'. E.g, how often do 
F3 and F12 do exactly the same thing? OTOH, how often are they both implemented 
according to standard? (It wasn't too long ago that programs such as MS Word 
were among the ones implementing the standard best.)

Tom Liotta


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