Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest V4 #416

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some people deserve to stay on a dumb tube.

We've been converting all the dumb tubes here to PCs, and we're at the
point where we have like 2 left.  One of the last ones I converted we
waiting on because this user was just too slow, and using a PC would
slow her down.

Well, she complained enough that we finally got her a PC.  Set up client
Access and other programs, but all she uses is client access.

Now, she's used a dumb tube here for years, logs in every day.

Now she keeps asking me what her user name is.  

Some people deserve to stay on a dumb tube.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Ex astris scientia

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:05:35 -0600
From: "John Taylor" <john.taylor@telusplanet.net>
Subject: RE: No 5250-based applications

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
>
> That's your opinion.  It is different than mine.  Users aren't
> idiots.  The
> 20th time they get logged off for using Alt-Left, they'll stop.  If not,
> they'll get logged off a lot.  Don't damage any data, certainly, but you
> don't have to allow them to magically "back up a screen" in the
> application
> (unless you have previous screen capability - and even then I prefer a
> "Back" button, like most web applications use).


Yup, it's my opinion, and it's based on some experience. All users aren't
idiots, but many are. I have one guy who's terminal & profile need to be
reset every couple of weeks because he keeps messing up his password. He's
been with the company, using the same terminal and application, for five
years.
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