Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, you are right.  In fact thats the main reason I feel the reasonable 
maximum for a subfile is about 2,500 records.   Even at 2,500 records, 
stopping at the  right place is tough.

Of course, both ways is an even better solution I suppose?  Let the user 
decide on a case by case basis?

However, the original point has to do with why green screen is deemed 
obsolete.  Even us green screen bigots refuse to use the new features 
and stick with the pre-1990 stuff.  Can we be surprised when others see 
it as an old solution?




Lou Forlini wrote:
>     Except what's better when you're trying to find a certain section 
> of a list - typing an 'M' to get right to the start of where you 
> want, or dragging the scroll bar to... let's see 'M' should be just 
> about here... oops it's not.  I don't know about Windows, but Mac OS 
> X will let you type in letters to position a file list.  It's very 
> handy, and you don't have to play "guess where I am in the list".
>
>     Now once you get to the general area, scroll bars can be handy. 
> But I would think that the Page Up/Down keys might do just as well.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     - Lou Forlini
>       Software Engineer
>       System Support Products, Inc.