Re: DBA_VIEWS interactive reference available from OTN
- From: "Rich Jesse" <rjoralist2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:42:22 -0600 (CST)
> OTN have provided a very useful interactive quick reference, similar to the
> wallcharts you used to get that showed all the dba_views.
>
> It just runs as an executable once downloaded
Yay, another useless Frash app, presumably with the Win-only front-end exe
(there's no requirements listed).
I know I'm cranky today following a app server crash (Windows) last night,
but the lack of usability in applications today really gets me. For
starters:
-- Can't use the Win-exe on non-Win
-- Even the Flash alternative can't be used on portables. No Flashless
Apple i-whatevers and even on my Android with a 5" screen it's unreadable.
-- The DBA view categories list span the app top-to-bottom, so why don't the
list of views themselves? Why limit the list of views to that tiny window?
-- No keyboard controls, no mouse wheel, no nothing but point and click. So
much for accessibility.
I'll stop whining now. While I'm grateful that Ora Corp made the effort and
it's apparent that a lot of work went into the free product, I feel like
I've been given a 24" diamond-studded monitor with a 800x600 resolution --
it's pretty, but much less useful than what I already have.
Sorry for the rant. Apparently I'm really looking forward to the
*possibility* of HTML5 to be useful as well as trash Flash.
</soapbox>
http://useit.com
Rich
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