Re: Usability: search dialog missing



På Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 06:18:18PM +0200, Jost Boekemeier skrev:
> I think "incremental search" is an important feature, but I don't think it
> can be a replacement for a "normal" search dialog. [snip]

Having two distince user interfaces for exactly the same functionality is
NOT helping usability at all and will definitly not make it into Epiphany.

> You want to search for keywords, mark important passages and copy them
> into an editor.
> You usually place the editor to the left side of the screen, the browser
> in the middle and the search dialog somewhere on the right, so that it can
> be reached easily. 

Eh. No. I search for the keyword, copy some text and search for the next
occurance of the keyword using "Find Next", which can be easily accessed by
Ctrl-G

> In this szenario the current implementation is useless; you must move the
> mouse to the top of the screen, click on search, move the mouse all the
> way to the bottom of the screen, enter the search text there, copy the
> passage, move the mouse all the way to the top of the screen, click on
> search/repeat search, move the mouse all the way to the bottom of the
> screen and enter the new search text there, and so on.

Once again: Find Next/Ctrl-G.

  mvrgr, Wouter

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