> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:28 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: GUI vs 3270 Re: MVS Quick Reference, was: LookAT
> 
> 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?

Ok, you have a point here. :) But the 3270-emulator is really as fast as needed 
to practically match real 3270 in response times (normally).  (It's really just 
a communication/terminal program.)



Best Regards
Thomas Berg
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Thomas Berg   Specialist   zOS\RQM\IT Delivery   SWEDBANK AB (Publ)


  

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