Re: Green-screen versus browser

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's not entirely a question of Browser vs. 5250. 
There may be some overlap between the two domains, but
there's also some separation.  We have people in
payroll and accounting who primarily prefer 5250
interfaces.  On the other hand, we have teachers in
classrooms who have Macintosh workstations, and prefer
an entirely point & click interface.

Following is a shot of an screen that enables
elementary school teachers to record reading
comprehension test scores for students in their
classes.  Each measurement has an associated popup,
enabling all measurements to be recorded with just two
(2) mouse clicks.  Popups are downloaded with the
score sheet so that displaying them is just a matter
clicking the input box, which toggles their visibility
attribute on or off.  There's no server I/O during the
recording process.  The entire score sheet is
submitted as a batch.

http://www.relational-data.com/ascent/dra.html

Something like this challenges the conventional wisdom
that 5250 is always more efficient for data entry.

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