5 Jan
2007
5 Jan
'07
8:55 a.m.
Since when is a text-based UI a bad thing?!!
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/05/0025241
Cheers,
Bryan
5 Jan
5 Jan
9:11 a.m.
Bryan Pope wrote:
Since when is a text-based UI a bad thing?!!
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/05/0025241
heh heh - I like the way almost every single reply advocates the use of a
different development app/language. I bet the poor original poster is totally
confused (which serves them right for not realising that text-based interfaces
have their place too :-)
I remember doing work to put Java / Web-based front ends onto AS/400 stuff
back in the mid-90s (at the customer's request, I hasten to add - they wanted
to "embrace the web", along with any other number of nauseating
marketing-driven things). It was, by and large, utter hell. Interfacing
between an OO language in a graphical, web-oriented client environment and the
AS/400 way of doing things was "interesting" to say the least. (not that I'm
knocking either - but the two just didn't mix well!)
9:25 a.m.
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[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:11 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Text-based UI...
Bryan Pope wrote:
hasn't gone unnoticed by IBM. OS/400 (as of at least V5R1) has a built in
web server (HTTP Server, but it's really just Apache) The great part of that
system is that you can use it alongside the text-based UI, and give the
customer side whichever interface they want.
Too bad it sounds like they just want to abandon their AS/400 setup, it
might be easier just to stick with it.
Since when is a text-based UI a bad thing?!!
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/05/0025241
heh heh - I like the way almost every single reply advocates
the use of a different development app/language. I bet the
poor original poster is totally confused (which serves them
right for not realising that text-based interfaces have their
place too :-)
I remember doing work to put Java / Web-based front ends onto
AS/400 stuff back in the mid-90s (at the customer's request,
I hasten to add - they wanted to "embrace the web", along
with any other number of nauseating marketing-driven things).
It was, by and large, utter hell. Interfacing between an OO
language in a graphical, web-oriented client environment and
the AS/400 way of doing things was "interesting" to say the
least. (not that I'm knocking either - but the two just
didn't mix well!)
From what I've read, the need for AS/400 systems to be visible via the web
9:13 a.m.
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Bryan Pope wrote:
Since when is a text-based UI a bad thing?!!
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/05/0025241
I wrote (and still maintain) a network client that uses a
ncurses-based interface as an alternative to a Java client for the same
server. It's fast, and has most of the functionality of the Java client.
All you have to do is open a ssh connection to a specific port on the
(Unix) server, and instant client.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
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