Re: Green screen - it's time is over

["Brad Jensen" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Actually, with my new dedicated 270 I have never complained
about the speed.
> What you run into when trying to write "heads down" data entry
type
> applications through HTML is a simple lack of functionality...
Enter,
> Function Keys, and such aren't inherent in the presentation as
they are on
> Green Screen.  While there may be ways to code some of that
stuff in, it
> gets cumbersome and overly difficult to manage in a hurry.  Not
to mention
> there is no type-ahead buffer for the NEXT HTML page <bg> !
>
> Joel

The function keys could be done in vbscript I suppose.

If you want that sort of typeahead, there is a simple solution.

You encapsulate the browser using the DHTML control in a VB
program. Then you get the browser style interface without the
headaches, and you can do any darn thing you please. That would
make it easy to add your own style sheet support at the client
level, so you can customize the interface user by user. You could
also keep the operator from going to yahoo or drudge.