Dear lis-medical,
I search Medline, Embase, PsycInfo etc. via an OvidSP subscription and have been experiencing real problems with their ‘new look’ search interface.
Aside from the unhelpful appearance, with lots of boxes, graphics and too much white space, I’ve noticed real delays in screen loading time. There’s a significant delay between me entering each search command, the result appearing, and being able to enter the next search statement. This is having a considerable impact on my capacity to search in a timely way.
I can remember the last time Ovid made big changes (including the not-very-useful search tips & yellow sticky notes). I seem to recall someone on lis-medical co-ordinated comments & complaints from other Ovid users, and as a result Ovid sorted out the problems. It would be great if similar could be achieved this time. I am happy to volunteer. I’ve already contacted Ovid tech support about this but think a group response might be more persuasive.
Has anyone else experienced similar delays and the screen jumping around?
Thanks,
Kate Misso
Kate Misso
Information Specialist
Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd.
Unit 6
Escrick Business Park
Riccall Road
York YO19 6FD
Tel: 01904 727989
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Web: www.systematic-reviews.com
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