Re: Another opinion on InfoCenter

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

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> I've been pretty disgusted with the results from search400.com. Just 
> searching the IBM site is much better. 
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> Rob Berendt 
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> Vernon Hamberg 
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> 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 
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> resources. It's almost as good as google. ;-) 
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> It is really worth a try. 
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> Vern 
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> At 02:11 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote: 
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> > >From ClubTech iSeries Management Tips newsletter today: 
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> > 
> >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 
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> >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. 
> > 
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> >The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my 
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