[Info-vax] A new VMS?

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2021-05-02 kl. 15:46, skrev Dave Froble:
> On 5/2/2021 5:24 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2021-05-02 kl. 05:19, skrev Simon Clubley:
>>> On 2021-04-30, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My *personal* view is that we could do a lot to keep the main/core
>>>> system but replace VT-based UI with more modern and flexible web
>>>> based UI. But no investments in that since "it is going to be
>>>> replaced anyway"...
>>>>
>>>
>>> And if I know users (and I do :-)) they will hate it because the
>>> "old UI was a lot quicker to use". :-)
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
>> No, the requests on a new/modern UI comes from the user side.
> 
> Ever heard "be careful what you ask for, you might get it" ??
> 
> Users are always ready for something new.  But sometimes, not always, they 
> are not happy when the "something new" occurs.
> 
> It's been proven, over and over again, that a simple, memorized, solution 
> is usually easier and faster than something that requires constant 
> decisions.  Having to reach for a mouse is usually the worst thing in such 
> situations.
> 
> While the simpler UI may require some initial learning, and there are 
> people who cannot be bothered to learn, it can be very productive once 
> learned.
> 

I do not understand why you are simply repeating what I wrote below.
Poeple in the office are very used to reach for the mouse, they
do that for enerything else, why not in the VMS UI also?

We have web applications in the production that have neither keyboard
or a mouse, just Windows with a touch screen. Works perfectly.


>> But on the other side, there are also some workplaces, such as
>> special terminals out in the production, where web UI is not
>> always the most efficient solution. Sometimes it can be the
>> old VT-UI, sometimes it is better to use the UI of the local
>> PLC system.
> 
>