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APEX 20.1 on apex.oracle.com

fac586Mar 14 2020 — edited Mar 20 2020
General Thoughts

  • Why no early adopter preview?
  • Was it appropriate to do an upgrade with only a non-specific "unavailable for system maintenance" warning? Some users might have wanted to get 19.2-compatible exports of apps before the changeover.
  • I like Friendly URLs and ZIP Exports.
  • Mega Menus are not what I would expect. Every example of this UI pattern I have seen makes the top-level options permanently visible, and activating these displays the associated submenu. I would also anticipate having a great deal of flexibility and control over the content and appearance of menus and options (including the ability to include headings, separators, and other elements that are not rendered as links). 

Redwood App Builder UI

  • Is it really necessary to align the UI of a development tool with corporate branding? Are JDeveloper and SQL Developer going to get the same treatment?
  • It's brown . Figure I'll be using dark mode then.
  • Seriously dislike the switch rendering. Looks like something from 60s/70s sci-fi.
  • Not wholly convinced by Oracle Sans as a UI font at small sizes (but I am a typography geek and things that bother me won't be noticed by normal people).

Redwood App Builder UI Bugs

  • There's something wrong with the display of the Oracle APEX logo at the top left. It's split into two parts, with most of the 'A' in 'Oracle' missing and 'APEX' not appearing at all.
  • The font weight on hot buttons in interactive report action dialogs changes from 700 to 400 on hover, causing the button set to jump about.
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