Re: Navigator - learning os/400

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, this is an old rant (pre-1999) on my part. I've spoken with various 
IBMers about it, even some that I believe have some real connection with 
OpsNav development. It has always seemed an example of the disconnect I saw 
between what were the really good operational features of the "Work 
with..." interface and various Windows developers. But, as I said, these 
developers didn't even follow Microsoft's good concepts. Oy!

Latah!

Vern

At 01:31 PM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote:
> Great comment.  Wasn't there some direct email address for the Navigator
> people?
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
>
> Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@centerfieldtechnology.com>
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> Agreed, Rob, although I tend to cut-paste a column of 4's when I remove a
> bunch of spooled files. But I liked the fact that I can group by USRDTA in
>
> OpsNav, then click-shift-click to pick what I want. This is a lot easier
> than WRKSPLF *SELECT then specifying the User Data. Of course, DLTSPF
> *SELECT and specifying USRDTA is pretty cool, too.
>
> One problem I see with spooled file handling in OpsNav comes when I want
> to
> change the attributes of multiple items. In WRKSPLF you put a 2 on the
> ones
> you want to change, then put the changes on the command line (one time
> only), then press ENTER and all get the change. In OpsNav, a separate
> window pops up for each spooled file. Even Windows Explorer does this
> better - you pick multiple items and right-click, the popup window grays
> out items that are not common, so you can make the same change to multiple
>
> files.
>
> Cheers
>
> Vern
>
> At 11:07 AM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >That about describes how I use it also.  Still not as fast in some areas
> >that I would like.  But in the new areas that I haven't had something to
> >measure against it runs fast enough.
> >
> >Being able to blast a bunch of spool files beats the snot out of having
> to
> >press 4 in front of dozens of screens of spool files.  (My wrist hasn't
> >had that much work since I was a teenager.)
> >
> >Rob Berendt
> >--