Re: IBM iAccess

Hello all,

IBM has been following this thread and I am now learning there is more to
the story than what I gave IBM credit for. Specifically, I didn't read the
documentation (did I mention I was once lost while driving and refused to
ask for directions? ;-)

One of the beefs I had was the app didn't follow the "Mac way" of
installation. Well, turns out the documentation tells you how to do that.
I believe many will just want a single approach to installing the
application so I created a SO post** to address it. Please up-vote the
entry as some people have already down-voted it saying the *question*
didn't show enough research (good grief).

**
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26486630/how-do-i-install-ibm-i-access-for-mac

Aaron Bartell

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Since it is the official IBM solution I’m trying to use this new product
on my Mac. To say I’m disappointed/underwhelmed so far is to put it mildly.

No hot-spot recognition that I can find (unlike TN5250J, Mochasoft and
others).

Doesn’t even pretend to be a native app. Other Java based tools that I use
appear just like any other Mac app. This one launches a terminal window
(DOS prompt for the Windows’ites) which _has_ to remain active or the app
dies. This despite the fact that it is documented as Mac specific.

Any other Mac users got any suggestions for me before I just give up and
go back to wrestling with customizing TN5250J?


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

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