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  3. February 2004

Re: 24 x 80 is too small.

Have you found a "newer" or more "modern" way to use screens
other than "block mode" ????

I been designing screens for a pretty good while and I don't recall IBM dropping the "block mode" of processing screen data.


trevor perry wrote:


The "problem" with 24x80 was that the block mode performance of the S/38 and
AS/400 was slow.. Since performance has been improved so much these days, we
have an opportunity to design applications to a more modern standard. That
means designing better screens, with better groups of data, more efficient
workflow, etc.

Sticking to a philosophy of "there is room on the screen, stick a field on
it" will keep us in the green ages.



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