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

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:46:32 -0600, in comp.databases.oracle.server, Turkbear <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com> scribbled:

>Teresa Redmond <XKEAAGIPVIEZ_at_spammotel.co> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:29:35 -0600, in comp.databases.oracle.server,
>>Turkbear <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com> scribbled:
>>
>>>It is very confusing, especially if you used their older and friendlier version..
>>>I found that ( since I mostly look for
>>>documentation ) using this link:
>>>
>>>http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/index.html
>>>
>>>gets me to the correct section and I can then look at all the various version's docs.
>>>
>>>Helps somewhat...
>>
>>Yes, I found that at some point and managed to get to my version's
>>docs, which I then promptly bookmarked. All I need now is for OTN to
>>shuffle up their URLs again so that my bookmarks don't work...
>>*again*...
>>
>>That's one thing I have hated for quite some time, to search in
>>Google, find a very helpful post with a link back to OTN, then get
>>either a 404 error or the OTN page that says whatever page you were
>>looking for is not available anymore.
>>
>>Thanks for you link, and also for your many helpful posts. :-)
>
>Your are welcome..
>
>How hard would it be for the folks at OTN to keep the old page with just a
>redirect on it whenever eliminating/moving, etc a
>page -
>
>If we treated our users that way( changing links on the production web server
>without redirects) , I'd soon be out of a job.

You are NOT the only one. :-(

-- 
Teresa Redmond
Programmer/Analyst III
Anteon Corporation
tredmond at anteon dot com