Re: Looking for like-minded programmers who use the enhanced features of 5250

I used to work in a hospital. Lots of strange things can go on. Patient
comes to desk and either wries down stuff that is later entered by an
employee or patient is ploppled in front of a screen and told to fill it
out. Both of these methods can go badly very easily. Third method - a
doctp's office contacts a clerk to schedule a surgical procedure. Patient
has not left the doctor office yet. Clerk asks for data in the order
requested by the application. Finally gets everything entered and patient
is told when to shw up.

The application was upgraded to allow doctor office to book patients
themselves. But, there were a lot of back end rules that had to be entered
to prevent the doctor office from booking a case incorrectly. This feature
was only enabled for doctor offices that could be trusted. Very bad to
secedule a procedure with unfortunate conflicts. Like a minor scheduled as
an adult.

John

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:05 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What modern application has employees keying in data? Either it is
scanned or it is keyed in by individuals not on the payroll (another
company's employees or directly by customers). The days of the heads-down
data entry operator have gone the way of the Foto-Mat kiosk operator.


On 6/26/2018 10:06 PM, John McKee wrote:

I can attest to the speed of movement. Before Y2K, I saw ladies enter
data
very easily on a DOS based application. They were very proficient. The
software that replaced the DOS system was Y2K enabled. Maybe just barely,
To move from field to field, one hand moved from keyboard to mouse. Move
to next fied. Click in the box. Hand moved back to keyboard. It was
painful to watch. That version was a slap-dash implementation. It was
replaced a year later with more reasonable access. But, it was never as
quick or as smmoth as the DOS version. As bad as the initial version was,
another vendor's concept was even worse and was ten times the cost. It
seems like neither product was designed with end user efficiency in mind.

John McKee

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Booth,

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 02:54:54PM -0500, Booth Martin wrote:

They are used to mouse clicks and the mouse wheel. Isn't it time we

acknowledged this in our green screen applications?

No, nothing slows down a data entry operator more than having to reach
for
a
mouse. Encourage them to embrace the keyboard.

I am not particularly interested in lectures on the purity of the 1980s

and F-keys and why it is important to teach users that F21 is
shift-F-something and that the only way to close a program is with F-3.

Upgrade to a PC keyboard with 24 function keys, then F21 is F21. :-)
I've
been using one like this at home:

https://www.Amazon.com/Unicomp-Model-Buckling-Spring-
Keyboard/dp/B01MDRT4L4

I need to invest in another one for work.



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