Bob Wyman wrote:
> I get awful tired of people suggesting that the Web was the
> first time problem "X" appeared or that the "web solution" is somehow
> different from stuff we did years earlier.
> In this specific case, uncertainty about display types and
> preferences, this problem was dealt with extensively back in the 70's
> and 80's in the mainframe and minicomputer worlds.
Sure, and in the mid-90's I wrote Powerbuilder objects that would adjust
their display parameters to adapt to the actual screen resolution the
first time that they displayed. No flow involved, though ...
Cheers,
Tom P
