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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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > > (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > > archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > Bradley V. Stone > BVS.Tools > www.bvstools.com > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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