On 3/17/2016 2:13 PM, Edward Finnell wrote:
Anyone tried the WEBified ISPF with z/OSMF? Good, bad, indifferent?
Personally, I'm not a fan but YMMV. It works if you have no better interface...
I can never seem to find my cursor. I'm always having to use the mouse to place it where I want it. At least they've got things to the point where if you press <Home> twice, you can get it into the command line on most displays. (That's an improvement!)
Also, I'm one of those "old timers" who uses both <NewLine> and <Enter> keys, which isn't supported -- although they now do optionally support <Ctrl> as an alias for <Enter>. (Another incremental improvement.)
The columns seem to wiggle around quite a bit on dynamic ISPF panels, such as those used by SDSF and (E)JES. That might be something I can address through some sort of browser font setting, but I haven't researched that yet.
Basically, I struggle trying to use it for a few hours every couple of months to see how much it's improved since the last time I tried to use it. Then I go back to my familiar 3270 emulator.
FWIW, I use 204x160 screen size and that works. I really don't mind too much having to press <PageUp> and <PageDown> to see the entire screen. YMMV on that one too.
I will say overall it's a *LOT* better than it was when it was first released back in 2011. Back then, it was completely unusable -- full stop!
BTW, Peter Van Dyke hasn't been involved with ISPF since IBM moved development out of Australia in late 2013. He is missed...
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