Re: 24 x 80 is too small.

["trevor perry" <trevorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

By modern I was not referring to block mode. What I was saying was that we
used to design according to poor performance - that being caused by block
mode. Now we have fewer performance issues, we can stop designing for (lack
of) performance, and design according to contemporary User Interface design
principles - what I would call "modern" design.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Barber"
Subject: 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.