Re: Is this really new ?

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Aaron Bartell
> Obviously successful is a relative term, but I would define a new
>  UI technology a success if they could reach the same simplicity
>  and efficiency that we have with 5250 applications.

Well, if you want the same simplicity and efficiency as 5250, then you might as well use 5250 ... but I kind-of get your drift, which was underscored when I tried SugarCRM at the yip link that you referenced in an earlier post.  SugarCRM is typical of Web applications, but I found it to be tedious to work with - not something I'd like to be subjected to on a daily basis.

From a user perspective, a browser UI can actually be more efficient than 5250 ... sometimes.  Post a form submit using AJAX, where the only response returned from the server is a completion message - perhaps 60 bytes.  Over a LAN, the response completes and the message is shown in about 2 milliseconds.  Granted, that most Web applications are not designed that way, but it is possible.

Nathan.