EP I'd send this to Oracle Metalink support ... they do read their email ... not immediately, but they do. I have always gotten an automated and a person reply. Raj On 11/1/05, Post, Ethan <Ethan.Post@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Anyone want to start a pool on when Metalink will start offering RSS feeds > for new/updated articles, scripts. bugs etc...Why do I still need to log in > to see this stuff? DANG! > However, they are going to give us new sign out capability! How very > 90's! And TAR is going to be SR, WOW! What an improvment! > OK, enough of that. Please post your gripes, complaints about metalink > here. I watched the demo of the new UI and I am not even sure it is an > improvments unless you are a new user, I am sure it is easier for new users > and things will likely be the same for more experienced users. > What would you like to see? > * RSS Feeds for just about everything. > * Automated searches which will email me with updates, or provide RSS > feed. > * better search, just buy a dang Google engine > What do you hate? > * new design requires too many keystrokes to navigate/see information. > * UI looks clunky, talk to the folks that do main Oracle site, it is much > better > * all manual > * looks 10 years behind the times > What could be done to make it better? > * I quote from the presentation "We are excited about the new sign out > capability", that fact that you are excited about a obvious feature that has > been around for 10+ years on 99% of all sites with "sign in" is scary, you > could so almost everything better. > * when I open a "SR" I want to know the second someone looks at it, as > soon as the email chain goes back and forth 3 times with stuff like "did you > check the alert log" I want ticket automatically escalated and I want the > ability to rate the people I work with, I want to see all of his/her ratings > for the last 60-90 days and when I click the "this guy is no help" checkbox > it will get escalated more quickly if his/her ratings are lower than > average. > * I want to know how long the person I am talking to has worked with > Oracle and in what capacity, I want to know how many issues they are dealing > with currently, I want to know what thier hours are in my time zone. > * I want a thing like Amazon.com <http://Amazon.com> where when I am > working with one support rep it says "Other users who worked with Jack found > that Sue solved their problem, click here to request help from Sue." > * I want the ability to comment on any article/script/bug etc... > * If I comment on an item, I want the option to get an email the next > time someone else comments. > Well enough of my rant. Would appreciate the thoughts of others however. > -- ------------------------------ Useful Links: FAQ1, FAQ2, RTFM, STFW, ORA-600, ORA-7445