RE: Usability tell -- MIDRANGE-L

Yep, looked at the size of my Internet Explorer 11 install folder. 25 MB.
Size of the IBM 5250 Emulator program folder from V7R1: 20MB.

Seems they are both pretty thick :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Monnier, Gary [mailto:Gary.Monnier@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:06 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Usability tell

Here's some fuel for the fire...

A colleague at another company once said "If you think a Browser is a thin client, think again. If you don't believe me just look at the size of a web browser. You'll see it is pretty thick!"

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Usability tell

Looks like the web page implementation wasn't properly thought out in that example. Perhaps a windows form application would have been more advantageous instead of a web application.

Perhaps this will give you a compelling reason why you want to start thinking towards the future and going to the web instead of the green screen:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/154994-epic-mozilla-release-unreal-engine-3-html5-demo-to-the-public-and-its-awesome

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Kimmel [mailto:dkimmel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: Usability tell

Those interested in the Greenscreen vs Webpage usability debate will find this blog compelling:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2014/01/21/poor-usability-tell/

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