On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:38:10 +0100, Thomas Berg wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder how many mainframers would stick to what they're comfortable
>> with even if a GUI interface came along that totally nuked the old
>> school UI.
>
>Not I.  If I compare a typical 3270-interface and a typical PC/WEB-interface I 
>generally can observe that the response times is about 50 times better in the 
>3270-interface.  It's also generally less "cluttered" and easier to handle.
>OTOH a typical gui interface can often have more and more advanced/modern 
>functions etc. And the possibility to display much more information at one 
>time in a relatively more readable format. 
>
>This is from my experiences from both my employers intranet and from internet 
>and PC applications in general. 
> 
But do you have a real 3270 or one emulated on a GUI host?

-- gil

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