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

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:25:17 +0100
Message-ID: <c417av$fvm$1@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 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 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!

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Fri Mar 26 2004 - 06:25:17 CST