Re: alternative for subfiles

Nicely done. The only thing in that blog that was not in yours was a "position-to" field.

It's interesting how one's expectations change after being exposed to so many web applications.  If I compare what you've done to the similar green-screen app, it's great!  But in spite of that, there is this expectation that because it is in a web browser, it will act like other web applications.  For example, I found my self uselessly spinning the wheel on my mouse expecting it to page up/down.  Or pressing "B", expecting it to jump to the first record whose Name starts with a "B".  That leads to a feeling that it's lacking, even though it provides the same functionality as the green screen version. And I think that's something to be aware of when moving a green screen app to the web.



On 5/21/2020 12:37 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

Thanks for the feedback.

In regard to scroll bars or any other element or any other type of
navigation or any other feature pertaining to a UI, I too might ask why
not? Doesn't it come down to what you're trying to achieve? With browser
user interfaces, you have so many options. In that particular application I
was trying to mimic behavior delineated in the following blog:

http://www.rpglk.com/2016/11/how-to-create-subfile-without-native-io.html



On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 1:16 PM Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I like it. Simple. Clear. Easy to implement, and a great dashboard
item for an IFS web page.

A passing comment: "VCR-style buttons are used to implement page
navigation." .... why not a scroll bar?