Re: Usability: search dialog missing

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Apr 2, 2006, at 5:11 AM, Jost Boekemeier wrote:
> > > incremental search is certainly not the same functionality as normal
> > > search.
> >
> > Why not?
>
> Try to select the third entry from the search history,
> for example. Please take a look at gedit or the old
> epiphany search dialog for a good example, the're
> almost perfect.
> ...
> Which keyboard interface? I routinely use the mouse to
> select the desired search term from the history and
> click next and previous to navigate.
>
> As I've said, keyboard interfaces are more for
> advanced/experienced users. And even if a key binding
> is available, it might be easier to use the mouse
> interface instead. I don't think anyone can type
> shift-control-f, control-g with only one hand to
> search for the previous occurence(s).  And what's the
> key binding for the second last entry in the search
> history?
>
> I can understand why people want incremental search;
> most programmers are more familier with the keyboard
> than with a pointer device. What I don't understand is
> that you've nuked a perfect mouse interface in favor
> of an inferior(e.g.:no search history) keyboard
> interface.
> ...

So basically, your only problem is that the type-ahead find bar is 
missing the search history menu that the dialog had. That should be 
pretty easy to restore. :-)

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Matthew Paul Thomas
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