Re: Poor documentation choice in HTML

From: Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org>
Date: 30 Apr 1998 14:52:33 -0700
Message-ID: <6iarr1$re$1@pebble.ml.org>

In article <3548da85.3003479_at_news.okay.net>, Peter Schneider <peter.schneider_at_okay.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 01:25:01 GMT, root_at_virginia.edu wrote:
>
>>Does anyone else feel that the HTML documentation supplied with
>>Oracle8 is difficult to use?
>>
>>Printing, searching, navigating... HTML seems a step in the wrong
>>direction when compared to the pdf format they were using.
>
>
>I couldn't agree more. The HTML docs are a major pain, even the old
>Oracle Book documentation format was *much* better than HTML. And the
>java information navigator is way too slow. IMHO, HTML was not made
>for documents of this size and complexity. I think Oracle would do
>best if they included the pdf docs as well for *all* products.

What is ironic is how many of us said the same about pdf vs hardcopy.

>
>Peter
>
>--
>Peter Schneider
>peter.schneider_at_okay.net

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