RE: Web-Facing Tool

["Jim Langston" <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I've found the function keys in HTML to be lacking.  I
hate having to click on a button on the bottom of the screen to
select F3, F12, F24, etc...

I had started using the HTML 5250 screen that OS/400 had, but stopped
because of the function key issue, and started using Mochasoft instead.

Regards,

Jim Langston

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:java400-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of David Morris
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:40 AM
To: java400-l@midrange.com; joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com
Subject: RE: Web-Facing Tool


Joe,

I know this is not an HTML forum, but I am curious. What did you find was
lacking and
what was better in HTML compared to 5250? I have found a lot of people do
not
recognize many of the capabilities of HTML and are writing it off in favor
of activeX
controls and applets. If you can assume a recent browser, the limitations
are pretty
minor. Except for function keys (unless someone is willing to share their
JavaScript
magic), I haven't found anything that we couldn't do, and in most cases do
better
than 5250. We do not have a tool but use an open source foundation from the
Apache
group. We also escape the 5250 and WebSphere tax.

David Morris