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Sometimes I see it on terminals for instance when checking into a hotel, opening an account in a bank, booking a flight, interacting with the tax administration
by triska 7y ago
Sometimes I see it on terminals for instance when checking into a hotel, opening an account in a bank, booking a flight, interacting with the tax administration etc.
One important point that makes them so efficient to use is that everything can be accessed using only the keyboard.
For my personal use, I have simulated such forms using Emacs, and especially its Widget Library:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/widget.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/widget.h...
This is a bit similar to what you get with a SCREEN SECTION in COBOL.
- userbinator 7y agoAnyone who has used the BIOS setup function of a PC before the EFI bloat took over will find that interface familiar, it's certainly easy to use and quite efficient. Here's an example screenshot: http://www.buildeasypc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/step12_bios_setup_h.jpg http://www.buildeasypc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/step12...
- epc 7y agoCould also be ISPF dialogs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISPF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISPF, https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.zconcepts/zconc_whatisispf.htm https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ib...).