I stand corrected.  It does impress the people with the money.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Porter, Allen H <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] More Powerful and Prettier


> I not so sure about that.  I know that our clients, project staff and some
> IT managers are more impressed when they see a GUI form pop up than when
> they see a something that looks like a dumb terminal.  I personally think
it
> is a shame that this is how it is viewed but it is common.  It's one (of
> many) reasons why Windows supplanted DOS and the WWW all but killed
Gopher.
>
>
> But this is a little off-topic.  I'm more interested in know what
approaches
> people are taking.
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Gary Sielaff[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:         Tuesday, August 15, 2000 9:46 AM
> > To:   Porter, Allen H; [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re:      [HP3000-L] More Powerful and Prettier
> >
> > I disagree.. The only thing GUI does is slow things down and make
> > the things that happen in the background, more complicated.  "Pretty"
> > is not going to sell the 3k.
> > JMO
> > Gary
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Porter, Allen H <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 6:46 AM
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] More Powerful and Prettier
> >
> >
> > > I would like to start a discussion thread.  I'm curious about how you
> > are
> > > leveraging new technologies to update/rejuvenate the 3000 (Samba,
> > Apache,
> > > Java, Reflection scripting for user interfaces, Visual Basic links to
> > the
> > > 3000)?  What are you doing to give it a more "modern" feel and be more
> > user
> > > friendly (e.g. GUI interface)?  What have you done to make the 3000
more
> > > powerful by providing information and access in new ways and, of
course,
> > we
> > > have to make it prettier because that's what sells and makes people
> > think
> > it
> > > is newer and better (sad but true).
> > >
> > > In my world, we do not use Image databases or standard forms.  We do,
> > > however, have extensive menus built with HP script.  I have tested the
> > use
> > > of host based Reflection scripts to provide a GUI interface to these
> > menus
> > > but there are some challenges with doing this such as size limitations
> > of
> > > host initiated scripts. I would like to hear about the approaches
people
> > > have taken and the lessons learned.  This is a big topic, but I think
it
> > > could spark some ideas.
> >