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From: James W. Kilgore <eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com> > Leif, > Very well put. > The list should have included SAA. Although a good idea now "road kill" > the fundamental purpose of uniformity is alive and kicking. For example, > since SAA, both the AS/400 and PC's use F1 as the "help" key for the > keyboard challenged. yeah, and A/D Cycle too (if anybody remembers). Now about F1 for help: that was a regress. On S/38 F1 was end of app like F3 is on the AS/400. Very useful, instead of hiding the exit key on F3. In heads-down use of the AS/400 and the PC, how often do you press F1? once a day? Help should have been on CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+F1 or some such rare combination commensurate with its rare usage. +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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