Re: Another opinion on InfoCenter

I've been pretty disgusted with the results from search400.com.  Just 
searching the IBM site is much better.

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I understand & agree with Dan's frustration with the search engine. 
However, there is another search engine at IBM, and it is a whole lot 
better than the one in InfoCenter. The one you should also try is at the 
iSeries Support site. http://www.iseries.ibm.com/support has a search 
entry 
in the upper-right corner. Put something there, or just click on the 
search 
button, and you will get IBM-specific stuff, including PTF cover letters, 
APARs, knowledge base articles, redbooks, even InfoCenter stuff, and other 

resources. It's almost as good as google.   ;-)

It is really worth a try.

Vern

At 02:11 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:

> >From ClubTech iSeries Management Tips newsletter today:
>
><quote>
>
>1. JUST MY OPINION ON THE IBM ONLINE INFORMATION CENTER
>
>Ahhh, The IBM Information Center, the oracle of all knowledge great and
>small for the IBM iSeries. The center of the universe for iSeries techies
>and managers. Wouldn't it be great if you could go to the Infocenter and
>actually find what you were looking for?
>
>I, for one, have had it! The IBM InfoCenter site, while containing the 
great
>nuggets of truth, is the dunghill of Web design and functionality.
>
>The Java code is VERY Slow and VERY flakey. The search capability, if it
>works at all, is ok, but it's very limited.
>
>I have made the personal decision to Google my way to the iSeries
>information I need. It's much faster and much better. Not only does it 
tell
>me the things IBM wants me to know about a topic, but it also brings up
>other content such as iSeries Network articles.
>
>Dear Mr. IBM, I suspect that you actually have the resources and 
knowledge
>to fix this thing. So please spend a little of that cash on hand and fix 
the
>iSeries InfoCenter!
>
>-- Dan Riehl, iSeries NEWS Technical Editor
>
></quote>
>
>I think it's fairly well universally accepted that InfoCenter isn't.
>
>The "dunghill of Web design and functionality" statement cracked me up. I
>know long-term total frustration when I read it. <g>
>
>--
>Jeff Crosby
>Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
>P.O. Box 13369
>Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
>260-422-7531
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>The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
>company.  Unless I say so.
>
>
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