Re: [Usability] Improve nautilus' saved searches

[anthony <dreadyman16 gmail com>]

HI,

Here, if i good understand, the result of the search is view like a 
folder in the location bar, i like it, but i don't think it have to be 
saved after having relaunched nautilus and that the save button is 
necessary.

Saving a search appear a little weird to me, so let me explain to you 
how i see it :

You are into a folder named "toto". If you do a search then into the 
location bar it appears (everytime) a 'virtual folder' containing the 
result of your search (like in your mockup). This virtual folder is 
viewed in the location bar like a sub-folder of "toto".
So you are able to come back to your research later, but i think that 
when you close the window where the search have been done, this virtual 
folder must disapear.

Finally, it could be very good to have many search options like you say.


Anthony Moissant

Gilles Dartiguelongue a écrit :
> Le vendredi 10 avril 2009 à 18:49 +0200, David Prieto a écrit :
>   
> > I have made three mockups proposing changes to improve nautilus' search
> > functionality: 
> >
> > -Enter and leave search mode by clicking on the search button. First
> > press leaves the button pressed and enters search mode, second press
> > goes back to normal. 
> >     
>
> not a bad idea but maybe a toggle button would not fit the way special
> locations are treated (thing trash, burning folder, ...)
>
>   
> > -Remove the "edit" button next to the search field, since it has no
> > actual role in search mode. 
> > -Move the "refresh" button to the side of the search field, to save
> > space. 
> > -Also, make saving more discoverable by including another button. 
> >
> > http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_49lyUbkK9k8/SWC5-chI17I/AAAAAAAAAKQ/o2hvKVL13yk/s1600 -h/Pantallazo.png 
> >     
>
> what I like here is the integration in the path bar (even though I use
> spatial mode much more that navigation mode)
>
>   
> > -Do not only search according to location and document type: offer as
> > many search options as gnome-search-tool. 
> >
> > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_49lyUbkK9k8/SWC5-34UA7I/AAAAAAAAAKY/JEMWDONksmQ/s1600 -h/Pantallazo2.png 
> >
> > -Make saved searches as similar to usual folders as possible, and show a
> > regular navigation bar when opening a saved search. 
> >
> > http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_49lyUbkK9k8/SWC5_bV_mjI/AAAAAAAAAKg/msEhKrjogws/s1600 -h/Pantallazo3.png 
> >  
> >     
>
> this would make sense but pushing the idea even further, maybe we just
> need a xesam backend for gvfs and use that in nautilus ? (I'm clearly
> not thinking about how much code needs to be done for such an idea here,
> just pushing ideas)
>
>