RE: Green screen - it's time is over

Brad,

Uh...  DHTML allows point-addressing of fields and /complete/ control of the
keyboard.  Two fundamental elements missing from HTML.  Nathan and I have
exchanged a few ideas on things, and he knows more about it than I do.  But
that is my understanding.

jt


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Brad Stone
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:58 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Green screen - it's time is over
>
>
> DHTML is just a fancy term for using using CGI programs to
> output HTML.  It has no bearing on the user-friendliness of
> the format.  It's still HTML, and not what I'd want to use
> for data intensive operations.  Start up WSG and go into SEU
> and use it for editing your programs for a week.  You'll see
> what I mean.
>
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
>
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:56:31 -0500
>  "jt" <jt@ee.net> wrote:
> > Brad,
> >
> > I tend to agree.  But I don't know enough about Dynamic
> > HTML (DHTML,
> > Industry somewhat-Standard...;-) to write it off
> > comletely, yet.
> >
> > jt
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Brad
> > Stone
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:55 PM
> > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > > Subject: Re: Green screen - it's time is over
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:51:03 -0600
> > >  "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com> wrote:
> > > > On the other hand, I think there IS a market for a
> > purely
> > > > TCP/IP-based
> > > > protocol, either HTML or some other variant, that can
> > > > emulate the clean
> > > > interface of the 5250.  Most graphical applications
> > are
> > > > not nearly as
> > > > friendly to data-entry-intensive applications as our
> > > > beloved green screen.
> > >
> > > HTML being the worst case scenario.  Its not even close
> > to
> > > being as "clean" as 5250 green screens.  It's also a
> > lot
> > > slower.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > > www.bvstools.com
> >
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