RE: Stupid AS/400 web site tricks

I don't think this only applies to the AS/400 portion of IBM's web site. I
tried to find some information about an older 5250 emulation card on IBM's
site a couple of weeks ago. I started at www.ibm.com since I figured that it
may be considered a "Networking" product.

So I type "5250 emulation" in the search. I got nothing. Then I tried "5250
express". Again, nothing. I finally went to IBM's networking site, did some
fumbling around, looked on some very long product displays, and finally
found what I was looking for.

Never mind the fact that it took me over an hour to find out how to set the
dip switches on this card. In the real world, I should have been able to
find it in a matter of minutes.

And we still complain about Microsoft's horrible habit of making information
hard to find? ;-)

David Boring
Systems Engineer
MCI Systemhouse
Direct: (562) 809-5460
Vnet: 723-5460
E-mail: dboring@shl.com


-----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:39:55 -0600
From: "Roger Pence" <rp@rogerpence.com>
Subject: Stupid AS/400 web site tricks

I think the AS/400 web presence (and its cousin CD documentation is 
awful)! The frustrating part is that most of what you want is available, 
you must need to be Nostrodomus to find it!

Take the AS/400 info challenge:

Quick now: there is an AS/400 Telnet SSL Proxy server available for 
download from IBM on the Internet. Can you quickly find it by searching 
AS/400 or IBM web sites? (no fair using third-party seach engines such 
as search400.com or source400.com!--they, unlike, IBM, make it 
relatively easy to find--that is, if you know to use them in the first 
place!).

I'd sure appreciate someone giving me a reality check on how hard it is 
to find this. I contend that IBM's web sites are often nearly impossible 
to navigate for locating things. Am I wrong?

Thanks for your help,

rp
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