Re: info center search. III.

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Using IE in MS Windows has its problems - but - I use Netscape 6 running
in Linux. The info centre does not function correctly in Netscape. There
are many, many errors that I experience. These errors make it almost
impossible to use the info centre in this environment.

1. Windows are not displayed or are empty
2. The search window is often empty
3. Links to other web pages don't work
4. Netscape crashes and closes
5. Links in search pages often do not work, sometimes it is every
alternate link that works.

I feel I am forced to use MS Windows if I need to use the Info Centre.
In IE the info centre is considerably better, and more reliable, than in
Netscape.

Do the people who create the web pages, etc. take into account that the
info centre users are not all MS Windows and IE users.

Syd Nicholson



Steve Richter wrote:

>Jerry Barry,
>
>Using W2K ...
>
>Open a internet explorer browser window, visit the info center v5r1 site
>
>Search on "crtpf"
>
>In the "hits" window, select anything.  Maybe the 8th item, "creating a
>physical file".
>
>The IE window displays the selected document.
>
>Start a 2nd internet explorer session.
>
>Search on "journal a physical file"
>
>The hits window does not come to the foreground. Search for it and bring it
>to the foreground.
>
>The search hits of the 1st IE window session have been replaced with the
>search hits of the 2nd IE window session.
>
>Select a search hit document. The first one, "crtsrcpf command description".
>
>The selected document is displayed in the 1st IE window, replacing the
>"create a physical file" document.
>
>How do I use 2 info center search sessions at the same time ?
>
>Should not each IE window have its own hits window ?
>
>Could the title of the IE session window contain the title of the current
>document ?  Could the title of hits window contain the search string ? That
>way when you "alt tab" between windows, you can tell from the window title
>which window is which.
>