I like the hyperlinks on the CD docs.
I like the improved master index and the search facility
I HATE not being able to write my own notes on the page or reading the
docs on the train
- kkennedy <kkennedy_at_firstpoint.com> wrote:
> AMEN!!! Those yellow stickies all over the CD case just don't cut it
> and there is not enough screen space on any terminal I've seen that
> replaces multiple books open at the same time or books with paper
> weights holding them open to two separate sections for quick
> flipping.
>
> On the other hand, the CDs are easier to come by and I've learned to
> live with them.
>
> Kevin Kennedy
> First Point Energy Corporation
>
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>
>
> CDs have some advantages - expense, searchability, and storage space
> primarily, but...
>
> 1) CDs are more difficult to read in bed, on a plane, waiting in the
> terminal, etc.
>
> 2) Books are easier to read, require less equipment, and are more
> portable
> than a computer and a CD
>
> 3) Try having six different CD manuals open to related sections
> spread out
> in front of you - reading them while you work against the database.
>
> 4) An open book shows two full pages of information. An open PDF
> about half
> a page.
>
> 5) I could usually grab a manual and flip through it to the relevant
> info
> about 10x faster than a computer search - and with a lot less
> extraneous
> (click/point/scroll/type) activity.
>
> 6) Highlighters, margin notes, and sticky-note bookmarks don't work
> at all
> with CDs
>
> I miss hardcopy manuals!
>
> Don Granaman
> [certifiable OraSaurus]
>
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> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:18 PM
>
>
> RE: RE: RantNot me. I LOVE the cds. I copy them onto my hard drive
> and
> use the pdf versions..... they are SEARCHABLE.
>
> I can find things much more quickly in the pdf's than paper.
>
> Oracle is the only product that I feel this way about ......
> probably
> because they have more documentation than the library of congress!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:54 PM
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>
> I can see why they stopped distributing them though, it must have
> been
> costly.
>
> It doesn't remove the fact that it would be handy to have paper
> copies of
> the manuals. It's hard to put yellow sticknote tabs on a CD.
>
> Regards,
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes
> Technology Services | Services technologiques
> Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique
> Maritimes Region, DFO | Région des Maritimes, MPO
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