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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 7. Re: webfacing and competing products (trevor perry) > >First, "screen scraping". Our friend Joe slams products that are "screen >scrapers" because they are not JSP. This term has really fallen behind in >our new world of refacing. Screen scraping does not refer any more to >reading a 5250 data stream, but it now includes any product that simply >recreates the 5250 data stream in a new Windows-type frame - including HTML. >If your product simply recreates the 24x80 (or 27x132) experience, then you >have just "screen scraped". It's been perhaps 10 years since I've actually done any "screen scraper" programming. So I guess I'm a bit behind the times. But if the term has indeed evolved to mean this, then much more has changed than I realized. This is the first time I've heard of this usage. Perhaps vendors should publish glossaries of the terms they use. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 x313 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.powertechgroup.com __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
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