RE: 24 x 80 is too small.

[Jim Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Trevor Perry
>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.


You're right, it's more about work flow and grouping data logically.  You
can create just as much confusion by putting data on different screens as
you can by burying too much data on one screen.

It drives me crazy every time I look up invoice information in our (Lawson)
AP system.  I'm beginning to think that no form can contain data from more
than one table.  It's as if they've developed a normalized application to
match the normalized data.  Every piece of information is on a different
form.  If I want to look up an invoice's pay date, the check number, the
account it was charged to, and the check amount I have to go to three or
four different forms.  Because it's GUI I get the convenience of picking
each form using my mouse, but I'd much rather see it all on one big form
with groups of data in logically divided sections.

-Jim