RE: Info Center

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you nailed it on the head, square on, Jeff.

Anne, thank you for asking, but like Jeff, I do not believe this is any
bandaid fix you're talking about.

Dan Bale
SAMSA, Inc.
989-790-0507
DBale@SAMSA.com <mailto:DBale@SAMSA.com>
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:36 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Info Center


Anne Lucas wrote:

> Please provide me, in separate email to alucas@us.ibm.com, specific
> problems on Info Center.  I have a list, but would like to get the
details,
> please.... have already forwarded your comments to date to the owner of
the
> program....   Thanks!

With all due respect, I think that's impossible.  To me, the problem is
systemic.

Ever compile an RPG program and misspell a file name?  This causes a
level "40" error and causes umpteen field names to be undefined and so
many other errors via the domino effect that it's scary.  To try to find
any other typos or errors at that point is a complete waste of time.
Your only productive recourse is to correct the file name misspelling
and compile again.

That's where I believe the Info Center is.  It is so disorganized,
unintuitive, and convoluted that it's useless in it's present form.  I
have to spend all my time and brainpower trying to figure out how the
%@*# I'm going to find what I need instead of being able to focus on my
problem.  If and when I ever find _anything_ that applies from the Info
Center, I have lost all train of thought on what I was originally trying
to do.

It's scary to me to believe the infocenter people don't already know the
problems after all these years of us complaining.  I am really tired of
being repeatedly asked to document the problems to no avail.

Until recently I thought I was the only one who was still using the V3R2
Library Reader for reference.

I know you asked for the email to be to you, but I want to know whether
others on the list think my response is out of line.

--
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
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