In addition to the issues already mentioned, I know of 2 other problems with the web interface.
The first one is that there is no way to send (e-mail) anything back to yourself. If you want to research 100 PTFs for a product, it is a lot easier to send the list back to a place where you can manipulate the list. Lest anyone think that I haven't researched this issue, I know that I could cut-and-paste or view source or a number of other relatively manual processes. However, all of those are much more time-consuming than tapping the PF key to "print" and send the output back to my VM system. I will also miss this function for being able to print and archive old PMR text so that I can find old problems after IBMLink deletes them (28 days). The ability to use a text mode browser might improve this but I am not aware of a text mode browser that handles https. The other significant productivity hit is the lack of shortcuts to get between functions. The point-and-click option requires a lot more waiting for transitions between tasks in IBMLink. I first heard about the probability of the 3270 interface being discontinued in October 2003 from someone in the IBMLink development team. I mentioned these issues then and, while the web interface has improved, these functions still do not exist. I guess customer requirements aren't as important as they used to be. (sigh!) ____________________________________ Rick Barlow Systems Engineering Consultant Nationwide Services Co., Enterprise Business Intelligence Services Mainframe, z/VM and zSeries Linux Support One Nationwide Plaza 3-20-13 Columbus OH 43215-2220 U.S.A Voice: (614) 249-5213 Fax: (614) 677-0821 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
