Will Web-to-Host Finally Kill the Green Screen?(Industry Trend or Event)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  April, 2000  by McKendrick, Joseph

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Nothing screams "legacy" louder than a text-based interface. We all know that GUIs are smarter and sexier. Case closed.

However, a badly designed GUI may be just as bad as a boring, text-based screen. Have you ever visited a badly designed Web site? Not only does it damage a company's image, but any ugliness and confusion obscures or distracts from the site's message or online services. In addition, there are still plenty of instances where text-based interfaces simply work better.

Until recently, moving from green screen to GUI meant replacing dumb terminals with PCs. ...

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