Let me preface this by stating that I have not done any HTML lately, or Java ever.
I would like to think that is a way to get the scrollable area to be positioned at the bottom upon initial display of a web page. So with the PMR/ETR display that we have now (after the back-out of the postage stamp 3270-1 type display), why not position the displayable area, upon entry to the ETR, to the bottom? The stated goal was missed, because the postage stamp display (at least for me) did not display the latest update, but required me to drag the scroll-bar down to the bottom. The idea of putting the info in the notification mail (that is, the current update from IBM) was good. I liked it, I didn't have a problem with it, other than I would like them to keep the URL info in it (I was getting them w/o that). Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed by this poster may not be those of the poster's employer. -- -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Skip Robinson Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBMLINK unavailable Some of us at SHARE have maintained a dialog with IBMLink architects for a while now. As part of that dialog, we learned something this week about the sudden appearance of the Box from H*ll. It was a sincere if off-target attempt to satisfy a requirement from some customers to provide an 'easy' way to zero in on the most recently updated text in an ongoing ETR. For better or worse, the box was actually supposed to be a time saver, minimizing the time it takes to locate the spot where a person would logically want to start reading upon opening an ETR. You certainly do not want to begin at the beginning every time unless you have that weird memory problem a la Memento (2000 film). They backed out the unpopular change in response to the negative vote from users. If you can suggest a solution that uses only plain text (an assumed requirement never stated as far as I know) that would not drive a lot of folks crazy, I'm pretty sure IBM would love to hear it. <SNIPAGE> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
