The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 09/16/2009 04:31:55 PM:
> Rob van der Heij <rvdh...@gmail.com> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > 09/16/2009 04:31 PM > > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > Subject > > OT: eclipse based info center > > Is it time already for another rant on "the new way to reading books" ;-) > > I had to look up stuff in one of the z/OS books and landed on the > "z/OS V1R9 Information Center" - horrible experience, apart from the > content. When you select something on the menu the contents is > refreshed again and moves under the cursor, causing it to hover over a > completely different section and pop up with stuff. And dog slow. > Takes me 10 seconds to find the selected section has just a single > sentence and no content at all. And I thought the option to "print > topic and subtopics" would be useful... guess what, that's also full > of links and navigation stuff. What are these people thinking? > > But I've found the PDF - it downloads in less then a minute and after > that I can browse it without taking a class on how to read IBM > documentation. > > Rob
