Re: main difference between expandable and singlepage subfile

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We do not disagree.  It isn't useful to "push" any single Messianic 
solution on to users.  On the other hand, 5250 is certainly a viable 
choice, one of many.  Saying 5250 is dead serves no purpose.  It's here. 
  it's been here, and it's going to continue to be here for a long time 
to come.

It's one of our tools.  Refusing to learn and use the enhancements 
speaks ill of our professionalism.   We have sortable subfiles. 
first-rate filtering, push buttons, scroll bars, drop down boxes, check 
boxes, and radio buttons.  They work, users understand them, and they 
improve the 5250 user experience significantly.  F-keys, *MORE, 
confirmation sub files, and explaining the difference between the Enter 
key & the Record Advance key can be easily abandoned.   A 5250 shop can 
easily sllde into these enhancements and at least get their shop out of 
the 1990s, this is not a heavy lift.

in my opinion.


On 1/2/2020 3:31 PM, Raul Jager wrote:
> This is also My opinion.  By pushing the 5250 we will do a disservice to
> our favorite platform.
>
> I use 5250, but it is a very bad idea to push it to my users.