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Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 10, 2009 9:29 PM
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To all you fans and lovers of Metalink Classic out there : please add a ONE-LINE REASON to
the following list below to show that you are a die-hard fan of our much loved METALINK CLASSIC.
We want to build this thread to a gigantic gathering of voices of the people
We want to let the Oracle HQ to know that we want METALINK CLASSIC to CONTINUE
We, the "Keepers of the Oracle", want to METALINK CLASSIC to live because:
<.... add your reason here>
Long live Metalink Classic
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 11, 2009 12:30 PM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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1. because you can right click and open in another window ..
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 11, 2009 1:09 PM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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The classic interface was easier to use than the Flash interface
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 11, 2009 3:00 PM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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Metalink Classic is for Developers and DBAs
new metalink, twitter, facebook is for the rest
somehow marketing invaded metalink  |
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 11, 2009 11:54 PM
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The movie-like screen graphics is slow and annoying!
I can't get the link to a document and view it outside of "My Oracle Support"
The "My" in My Oracle Support sounds like the stupid names from ancient Microsoft. It sounds like my four-year-old's cuddly stuffed toys.
...Gee, Oracle, I wonder why they got rid of it? Could it be a gratuitous insult?
I pretty much avoid everything associated with Flash.
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 1:48 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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My Oracle Support simply requires too much bandwith, and is only usable on T1 lines and better.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Experts: those who did read documentation.
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 2:12 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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Surprisingly sometimes there's no Flash installed on a computer => no My Support
Regards
Marcus
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 2:31 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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We don't need special effects, special effects are for games. And we don't even need graphics, we just need functionality, intuitiveness and speed.
And, funnily, in MOS Sign In page we can read "My Oracle Support requires Adobe Flash Player 9." and then "If you can't or don't want to run Flash, sign in to the Classic (HTML) version."
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 5:32 AM
in response to: Paul M.
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Some sites FORBID flash player, so we have to consult My Oracle Support at home after work.
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 9:28 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 12, 2009 1:43 PM
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Metalink Classic is for Developers and DBAs
Concidentally, the ones who need/might use Metalink the most
Anybody out there who likes the Flash interface better? |
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 13, 2009 12:15 AM
in response to: jgarry
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AMEN!!!
Last line from that article:
"Just ask yourself this question: would the Web be where it is today if it had been created using Flash?"
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 16, 2009 6:32 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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The new MetaLink is unwieldy and too flashy. Too much detail and not enough information on a screen.
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 17, 2009 9:18 AM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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Beloved? Hardly. We don't want to go from a poor web site to something worse, that's all.
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Re: Metalink Classic - To Be Continued
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Jun 17, 2009 1:12 PM
in response to: onehand-clapping
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1. Our compny refuses to install flash plugins above v7 on standard issue desktops, I had to have a machine specially made and placed in the DMZ to access the damn thing from the office!
2. It's so damn slow even on a dual core 3.2 PC running the latest IE, it was "juddering" while rendering.
3. Bit of pig to find anything with all the drop-downs surrounding the search boxes, but that's just me being one of those oldies who first started using Metalink on dial-up!
4. The upload fails when trying to upload files to my TARs ( Yes, us old gits still call them TARs, not SRs! ), especially in Firefox under Ubuntu.
Most of all and simply because am I not 12 years old or in upper management and subsequently I not impressed by sliding windows and glossy borders. I am a geek techie, we like it simple, uncluttered, we like to get in, get sorted and get out as we have more important things to deal with, than admiring Oracle's PR and art depts latest attempts to "git dan wiv" the Web 2.0 crowd!
"Thanks for listeneing, children!" - 3 Dog
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