Re:Objects All the Way Down
by pavlov on Friday November 27, 2015 @03:23PM
(#10638712)
... smattering of miniature tele-types (called "edit boxes" or "input fields") that you must switch among to prepare input before clicking Submit, which is just a thinly-veiled carriage return ...
Just like a "screen" on an IBM 3270:
"Using a technique known as 'read modified', a single transmission back to the mainframe can contain the changes from any number of formatted fields that have been modified, but without sending any unmodified fields or static data."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3270)
That was a 1971 design. We have barely made any progress.
Just like a "screen" on an IBM 3270:
"Using a technique known as 'read modified', a single transmission back to the mainframe can contain the changes from any number of formatted fields that have been modified, but without sending any unmodified fields or static data." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3270)
That was a 1971 design. We have barely made any progress.