This reminds me of the TED talk by Danny Hillis (who is from Baltimore) https://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_the_internet_could_crash_we_need_a_plan_b
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of René Jansen Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject:Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? My regular warning to download the all the pdf files of all the manuals, people! You might not have external internet access when it all goes sideways. In fact, that is an extremely common scenario, in which you would want, very bad, access to all the crummy, slow, wrong-link infested crap that is an absolute showcase of how not to provide documentation, or build websites using active content, for that matter. That mainframe would be still online of course, and reachable, provided you have a direct Telnet 3270 link to it, and no ‘stepping stones’ on deplorable technology. Or webserver based emulators. Books are even better of course, but not everyone has the space. My usb stick with manuals is very well maintained, and I have generational copies of that. That stick, and the readability of the pdf file on a modern high res screen is a showcase of modern technology, the website is not. Best regards, René. > On 21 Jan 2022, at 15:21, Carmen Vitullo <cvitu...@hughes.net> wrote: > > I have to agree, back in the early days development of a index page was > intended to be simple, provide some wording, and some links to where you want > to go, mostly due to performance, the faster the page loads the better, no > glitter, pictures or unnecessary icons. > > the only tools we had back in the early 90's was a C program one of my team > members write to convert DCF/SCRIPT to HTML (thanks to Mike Myers) ! > otherwise it was all hand coded. > > > Carmen > >> On 1/21/2022 8:02 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> It's not just IBM. There seems to be a race to the bottom in web page >> design. Glitz is more important than, e.g., ease of use, performance, >> reliability. Take entry and validation of, e.g., credit card numbers, e-mail >> addresses, names, ZIP codes; it is bog standard to not tell the user the >> required format and to reject valid characters. >> >> Not that "everybody else does it" is a valid excuse. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of >> Allan Staller [00000387911dea17-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] >> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 7:17 AM >> To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? >> >> Classification: Confidential >> >> The "new tools" are neither as reliable, functional or available as those >> the are replacing. >> I have been sayig this for the last 10 yrs (or more). >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List<IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of >> Hank Oerlemans >> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 4:18 PM >> To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: IBM Knowledge Center down? >> >> [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. 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