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I don't know anything about search400.com - the one I mentioned is the IBM support site for iSeries. Are we on the same page? Vern -------------- Original message -------------- > I've been pretty disgusted with the results from search400.com. Just > searching the IBM site is much better. > > Rob Berendt > -- > Group Dekko Services, LLC > Dept 01.073 > PO Box 2000 > Dock 108 > 6928N 400E > Kendallville, IN 46755 > http://www.dekko.com > > > > > > Vernon Hamberg > Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx > 05/11/2005 10:33 PM > Please respond to > Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > > > To > Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > cc > > Subject > Re: Another opinion on InfoCenter > > > > > > > I understand & agree with Dan's frustration with the search engine. > However, there is another search engine at IBM, and it is a whole lot > better than the one in InfoCenter. The one you should also try is at the > iSeries Support site. http://www.iseries.ibm.com/support has a search > entry > in the upper-right corner. Put something there, or just click on the > search > button, and you will get IBM-specific stuff, including PTF cover letters, > APARs, knowledge base articles, redbooks, even InfoCenter stuff, and other > > resources. It's almost as good as google. ;-) > > It is really worth a try. > > Vern > > At 02:11 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote: > > > >From ClubTech iSeries Management Tips newsletter today: > > > > > > > >1. JUST MY OPINION ON THE IBM ONLINE INFORMATION CENTER > > > >Ahhh, The IBM Information Center, the oracle of all knowledge great and > >small for the IBM iSeries. The center of the universe for iSeries techies > >and managers. Wouldn't it be great if you could go to the Infocenter and > >actually find what you were looking for? > > > >I, for one, have had it! The IBM InfoCenter site, while containing the > great > >nuggets of truth, is the dunghill of Web design and functionality. > > > >The Java code is VERY Slow and VERY flakey. The search capability, if it > >works at all, is ok, but it's very limited. > > > >I have made the personal decision to Google my way to the iSeries > >information I need. It's much faster and much better. Not only does it > tell > >me the things IBM wants me to know about a topic, but it also brings up > >other content such as iSeries Network articles. > > > >Dear Mr. IBM, I suspect that you actually have the resources and > knowledge > >to fix this thing. So please spend a little of that cash on hand and fix > the > >iSeries InfoCenter! > > > >-- Dan Riehl, iSeries NEWS Technical Editor > > > > > > > >I think it's fairly well universally accepted that InfoCenter isn't. > > > >The "dunghill of Web design and functionality" statement cracked me up. I > >know long-term total frustration when I read it. > > > >-- > >Jeff Crosby > >Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc. > >P.O. Box 13369 > >Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369 > >260-422-7531 > > > >The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my > >company. Unless I say so. > > > > > > > >-- > >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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