Re: IBM Navigator for i: Disabling dashboard

I agree, for those that like it, they can keep it.

Let me expound on my idea a bit more. The "Dash for i"** would have a
focus on plugins so any vendor or single programmer or community group
could add their own utility. Plugins would be hosted on npmjs.com (as are
all other Node.js plugins) and if a plugin was for-fee then there could be
a registration process the vendor/consultant built into it.


**for lack of a better term.

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

Aaron:

A community project to build an alternative to Navigator would be a nice
thing, no doubt. That would allow some flexibility in feature/function and
maybe the ability to set up the menu to suit your individual needs, system
admin, development, user experience, ETC. I can think of other aspects
that
would be nice too. Definitely a worthwhile project.

But I have to point out that with the notable exception of the dashboard
(which in my mind should be removed from the system then re-released when
it
finally works) Navigator for i is an exceptional product. True there are
some fixes for it but it touches almost every aspect of the system and does
it well. I can give that URL to customers that have no real command line
knowledge and they are able to do almost anything they need to without too
much assistance. The user portions of the site make getting after spool
and
other things quite easy. I guess I'm suggesting that we don't toss out
the
baby with the bathwater.


--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Aaron
Bartell
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 8:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM Navigator for i: Disabling dashboard

My hope is we can eventually have a community project that replaces IBM
Navigator for i. I've never worked with an admin app that requires so much
attention (updates, fine tuning, trouble shooting, etc).

Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>
At this time there is no way to globally disable the dashboard from
loading on users screen. There are future plans to make this option
available. The only option you have at this time is to have each user
when they sign on to Navigator is to change the Dashboard to "Manual"
instead of "Auto" This way the next time they log on it won't try to
load the dashboard with new data and should speed things up.
</snip>


Rob Berendt
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