Thirty-three years later, both the NonStop and the graphical user interface are going strong. But for many NonStop users the green screen of the terminal is still the primary interface with the NonStop. That is true even on sites where the end-users of NonStop applications have been benefitting from graphical user interfaces for years.
The benefits that end-users enjoyed when their working interface changed from green-screen to a graphical interface can be experienced by operators, systems managers and developers on the NonStop:
- Presentation through the familiar Windows user interface
- Improved data presentation, allowing faster interpretation of data with less cognitive effort
- Reduced typing and syntax demands, allowing users to concentrate on the task at hand
- Better integration with other desktop tools
- How the familiar look-and feel of TOP makes using it simple for new and experienced NonStop users.
- The range of subsystems that TOP's command, control and configure interface covers.
- How products that provide an interface to multiple subsystems have an advantage over using multiple single point solutions.
- How to provide an integrated development environment for TAL, COBOL 85 and TACL developers, as well as the native-mode users already catered for with Eclipse.
- How TOP's profile mechanism can be used to provide appropriate tools to diverse groups of users, such as security staff, operators and developers.
Andy Simpson has over 20 years of experience working with NonStop in development and management roles. Andy's expertise also includes human-computer interface design, leveraging his research on Human-Computer Interaction at Swinburne University. Andy recently joined comForte as part of the acquisition of Gresham Software Labs and is a Senior Software Engineer with the TOP development Team.
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