RE: Is this possible and if so

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
As always, there are exceptions to every generalization, but unless we are
lawyers who cares about the few exceptions?
You are right, some applications are better suited for green-screen or
character-mode terminals. Mouse-less, shop-floor applications are a prime
example.
But as a hasty generalization, graphical/event-driven user interfaces are
"better" for end-users. 
And if I could start a small holly-war that's already beaten that dead-horse
for years now... there will be just as many green-screen applications
written in the future as there will be new RPG programming jobs created for
green-screen application development (in the coming years). If RPG
programmers continue to insist on green screens for their applications that
number will be closer to zero than to 10,000.
-Bob Cozzi


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Jedrzejewicz
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:44 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Is this possible and if so

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:13:40 -0600, Bob Cozzi <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, GUI/CGI/Web page is always a better choice for user-interface.

I don't agree with this generalization.

I have done more than my share of CGI programming, and am learning
.NET, so I hardly qualify as a green screen bigot.  But, I have found
in my life as a user as well as a programmer that complex processes
work more efficiently in (well written) green screens than via the
browser.  The key here is well-written.

As an illustrative example . . . a well-written green screen order
entry or item maintenance application will be (IMHO) easier to use and
navigate than a web equivalent.  There are advantages to the browser
(this question points one out),  but efficiency is not one of them. 
The green screen will have a higher learning curve, but once learned,
the staff will be far more productive.

-- 
Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx
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