I've got an Android phone, but if I want to look up a message, it is most likely because I am sitting in front of my 3270 emulator. I seldom want to look up a z/OS message when I am walking down the street or riding in a car, times when a phone would be more handy than a full-sized browser. I have only 24-inch monitors, but they're still a heck of a lot more usable than my 5" Android screen.
It seems to me that the name "Doc Buddy" tells you all you need to know: IBM was obviously going for cute and trendy, not actually useful. Why does IBM keep taking things that aren't broken (LookAt, Book Manager) and making them trendy, rather than keeping them in a form that is useful to their customers? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Friday, December 02, 2016 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: LOOKAT gone? > >have they replaced it with anything? > > There is a phone app called IBM Doc buddy. Try it, you might like it. > The LOOKAT web site says: <quote> LookAt is no longer supported. This site is offered for use "as is" until z/OS V1R13 goes out of service later this year. New: IBM Doc Buddy is a Smartphone app that is available for iPhone in iTunes and for Android in Google Play With IBM Doc Buddy, you download only the message information that you need. IBM Doc Buddy makes it easy to lookup message information wherever you are without the need for an Internet connection. <endquote> 1. I don't have an iPhone or Android. 2. If I need to look up a message, it is because I am seeing that message via an Internet connection. I never need to look up message information when I don't have an Internet connection. And since then I am already sitting in front of a workstation with a real keyboard and mouse and dual 27 inch monitors, that is what I want to use to look up message information, not a Smartphone with a small screen and a small simulated keyboard. Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
