RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Hm,

To send this email I hit, Alt-R to reply and Alt-S to send.

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Christen, Duane J.
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:28 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> I key with two hands, I should never have to touch the mouse, 
> but to send
> this e-mail now I have to hit alt, down, down look and see 
> that outlook has
> highlighted the send menu option and hit enter, or use the 
> mouse to press
> the button. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:00 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> 
> You guys are all so funny! You are griping about BAD GUI 
> designs. While they
> 
> are prevalent, they are not how it SHOULD be done.. All of 
> you must be using
> 
> a POORly designed GUI. Or maybe a 'browser'UI - remember, the 
> T in HTML 
> stands for TEXT. There is no G in BROWSER.
> 
> A GUI should have RICH controls, and should be able to be 
> navigated by the 
> keyboard as WELL as the mouse - not either/or.
> 
> In the end, if a user's dominant function is mousing, then 
> the mouse should 
> be in the dominant hand, and the keyboard in the non-dominant 
> hand. If the 
> keyboard is the dominant function, then the mouse should be in the 
> non-dominant hand. In this case, if you key with your right 
> hand and mouse 
> with your left, you don't have to switch. How amazing is it 
> that thinking a 
> little differently might stop the whining?? :-)
> 
> And then there are the companies who think Solitaire should 
> be removed. Like
> 
> Evan said, that is a management issue. Solitaire is the best 
> mouse training 
> tool...
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> 
> >> My main gripe about GUI designs is that they have you move from
> >> keyboard... to mouse... to keyboard... to mouse...  wasted motion!
> >
> > "That's a peeve of mine too."
> >
> > Exactly - especially when I begin typing, and then look at 
> the field (on a
> > browser) and see nothing was input. Then I (again) have to 
> reach for the
> > mouse, move it to the field and click inside the field to 
> enable the field
> > as input capable. You'd think tabbing to the field would 
> make it input
> > capable. Clearly not head's down friendly. That's a 
> 'feature' that's not
> > modern by my definition.
> >
> >
> > Regards, Jerry
> 
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