Re: I hate OTN now (and Metalink's searches)

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:00:42 -0800
Message-ID: <1080536422.712867@yasure>

DJ wrote:

> "Mark C. Stock" <mcstockX_at_Xenquery .com> wrote in message
> news:8uqdnSD4f9Di1Pnd4p2dnA_at_comcast.com...
>

>>"Van Messner" <messner1_at_NOSPAMbestweb.net> wrote in message
>>news:1068fch3564tp9c_at_corp.supernews.com...
>>| Put me down for whatever number you're up to.  Metalink searching has
>>always
>>| been a bit of an embarrassment for a database company that touts its
>>ability
>>| to store documents and to search them.  The new interface is really

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> lame.
>

>>|
>>|
>>| "Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
>>| news:c417av$fvm$1_at_news1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>>| > Dusan Bolek wrote:
>>| >
>>| > > Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message
>>| news:<40634C73.1EB9807E_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>...
>>| > >
>>| > >>{rant on}
>>| > >>
>>| > >>Why oh why did OTN decide to bury the links to the docs way down in
>>the
>>| > >>lower right hand corner of the page? It was hard enough to get

>
> people
>

>>to
>>| > >>access the docs when it was an easy click from the top of the page.
>>Now
>>| > >>I have to scroll down to the bottom, pull down a menu, and select an
>>| > >>item.
>>| > >>
>>| > >>{rant off}
>>| > >>
>>| > >>{rant on 2}
>>| > >>
>>| > >>Why oh why did Metalink decide to "improve" my searching by getting
>>rid
>>| > >>of the quick search ability from the home page? Now I have to click

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> on
>

>>a
>>| > >>button to get to advanced searching.
>>| > >>
>>| > >>{rant off 2}
>>| > >
>>| > >
>>| > > And another rant. Are others here satisfied with Metalink search
>>| > > engine? I would prefer Google search instead of Oracle's. In all

>
> cases
>

>>| > > when I try to find something in the beginning are useless docs,
>>| > > usually some patches for VMS or for Oracle Application. Strange is
>>| > > that when I looked into them from curiosity, there was not a single
>>| > > occurence of any of my words used in the search. :-(
>>| > >
>>| > > --
>>| > > Dusan Bolek
>>| > >
>>| > > Email: spambin_at_seznam.cz
>>| > > Pls add "Not Guilty" to the subject, otherwise your email is going

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> to
>

>>| > > be burnt as a SPAM.
>>| >
>>| > Add me to the "no I don't want the new-and-all-improved Metalink list"
>>| > And the search engine got worse on top of that; I managed to get about
>>| > what I wanted with a few words and restrictions (e.g. platform), but
>>| > the last search I did on a clients behalf (AIX), gave me Win2k
>>| > SPECIFIC bugs. Go figure!
>>| > -- 
>>| >
>>| > Regards,
>>| > Frank van Bortel
>>| >
>>|
>>|
>>has anybody thought of creating a TAR?
>>
>>;-{ mcs
>>
>>

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>
> And to top it all it is really slow!
>
> but true the search is crap, the mouse over stuff doesnt work and it takes
> ages to get an answer on the forum
>
> Does anyone actually like it?

Not one person I know likes the changes. What's to like about a change that improves nothing, makes using a service we've paid for more painful, and gives results with less speed and far less accuracy.

I'd like to see if we can get an Oracle employee to step forward here in this usenet group, and I know there are plenty of them lurking, to either defend the changes or stand up and tell us how to best get them rescinded.

Thank you.

-- 
Daniel Morgan
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Received on Sun Mar 28 2004 - 23:00:42 CST