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Peter and I make two "NO" votes. How many searches do the rest of you
actually have to save? Is saving searches really that useful ? I usually
look something up and try to fix it. If I think I may need to save
something, I usually bookmark it.
And the performance does suck.
>From: Peter.McLarty_at_mincom.com
>Reply-To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
>To: "Oracle-L List" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
>Subject: RE: MetaLink
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 02:41:31 +1000
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>Seems someone in Oracle needs to learn web design, removing the quick
>search is bad and the performance is woeful, oh and the view saved
>searches button is in the wrong place it should be away from the submit
>button and should be somewhere on the left, but then again if the guys
>that built the site aren't from western countries then perhaps it all
>seems normal to them
>
>Cheer
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>ml-errors_at_fatcity.com wrote on 09/03/2004 12:04:25 AM:
>
> > Okay, it finally loaded. To give Oracle the beneft of the doubt,
> > I'm hoping performance is related to "opening day" traffic. The
> > extra click for a search is counter-productive for me - I can't just
> > click on a boomark, enter my userID/password and start my search
> > anymore. Now I have to wait for the page to load, click the search
> > button and then enter my search criteria.
> >
> > I will say that the advanced search features are *nice* to have, but
> > I want the base search functionality to load fast and be the first
> > thing I see. Advanced searches should be an option.
> >
> > I hope Oracle rethinks their approach.
> >
> > Matt
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On Behalf Of
> > Oldham, Matthew
> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:49 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ODTUG-L
> > Subject: RE: MetaLink
>
> > I'd comment on the new version but I am still waiting on the page to
>load...
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On Behalf Of
> > Dean Harris
> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:19 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ODTUG-L
> > Subject: MetaLink
>
> > Just curious. Anyone else dislike the changes to MetaLink made this
> > weekend. Seems like a big step backwards at this point. Plus it's
> > painfully slow right now. Where's my quick text field. Search
> > results don't give any match percentages. Ugh!!!
> >
> > Felt good to let that out. :)
> >
>
> > - Dean Harris
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