Re: ACS versus older i Access for Windows

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No complaints about the
display. But you're sure to hear opinions on that.

Yeah. If you are picky about the display, especially if you are
sensitive to fonts and font rendering, then you MIGHT have an issue
with ACS. I do. I can't really stand the display. The operating
system's font smoothing doesn't seem to apply to ACS, and text just
looks pixelated and ugly, no matter what font I try. It's actually
quite attractive by 1985 standards, but next to literally everything
else on my screen today, it is just butt-ugly.

If it were not for this issue, I would be fine switching from iSeries
Access to ACS.

Now, most people are not that picky and not very sensitive about these
things, and of those who are, only a portion of them are picky in the
same way that I am. So there is a good chance the display will be just
fine for you. And if that is the case, then I think you will find ACS
sufficiently functional, and superior in some ways to the older fat
client.

John Y.