Re: Another opinion on InfoCenter

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Because I never use InfoCenter for searching, that is not an issue for me. 
I go there to find things in the API Finder and other areas where I 
basically know where I am going. If I need to search on IBM, I go to 
www.iseries.ibm.com/support and use the search on that page. It is, IMO, a 
really good engine and, IIRC, pulls things in from over 70 IBM areas, not 
just InfoCenter.

The biggest frustration was the slow response - that has been greatly 
improved, so I'm a much happier camper.

I agree about the usability - the old SoftCopy search in a bookshelf was 
top-drawer, IMO. And trying to find something simple like applying a PTF 
permanently is an exercise in futility - with the bookshelves It was a 
piece of cake.

Vern

At 06:00 PM 5/14/2005, you wrote:

> Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > James, try it again. The speed of the menu is now fantastic. . . .
>
> Uh, I'll admit that it's improved somewhat, over the past year or so, but 
> unless it's made a quantum leap in usability since a week ago this past 
> Friday (when I was last in the office, and trying to research something on 
> a "brushfire priority" user complaint; I think it was the matter of 
> getting the secure Telnet server working), it's still a total dog, 
> compared to CD or Web versions of the old Softcopy system.
>
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