[WEB400] Re: Modify the IE Browser

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Gibbs wrote:

> Joe Pluta wrote:
>
> > Fat clients have a host of deployment and synchronization issues.  5250
> > devices don't work over the Internet.
>
>
> Well, true 5250 devices don't ... but who uses a real 5250 anymore?
>
> What about a Java applet?  Easy deployment model, rich control set, 
> security (assuming I understand the sandbox concept correctly).  Seems 
> like a very reasonable compromise between a pure browser interface and a 
> fat client.

David: Wow, did Joe really write that?!? You must be making that up!

Hmmm, let's see - I regularly connect to a variety of iSeries 
machines, assigned to development or test, on all of the currently 
supported releases. How do I have the connections configured? Telnet 
- a commonly used internet protocol! Consider how people connect to 
timeshare services like NetShare400 - could it be telnet too? What 
about people who use terminal emulators like tn5250? I'd guess that 
a lot of people here on this list connect to their iSeries machines 
using an internet protocol, perhaps even an absolute majority of us.

Cheers! Hans