Re: [evolution-patches] Much improved search bar patch

[JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>]

On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 09:44 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 17:14 -0400, Thouis (Ray) Jones wrote:
> > On 5/12/05, Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj novell com> wrote:
> > >  who really likes it? I don't, I think it sucks[1] and I think it's ugly.
> > 
> > Most of your complaints seem to center on the placement of the search
> > bar at the bottom of the window, rather than the difference between an
> > embedded search bar and a search dialog.  Or at least that's my
> > impression.
> > 
> > If that is the gist of your complaint, I suggest that's not a good way
> > to evaluate the patch, since it's only a small factor in the overall
> > change in the interaction with the user.
> > 
> > In fact, 95% of the time, I search without looking at the search bar
> > at all when using Firefox. I can see out of the corner of my eye if
> > there have been hits or not, by the color change, and if I do find
> > what I'm looking for, I don't need to look at the bar since the hits
> > are highlighted on my screen and show me what I've typed.  With
> > regards to that user behavior, placement at the bottom makes more
> > sense, since it disturbs the document I'm searching in the least (by
> > your own arguments, I'm probably looking at the top of the document).
> 
> you apparently didn't understand any of what I was saying. *sigh*

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How do you get to this search dingus? You navigate to the TOP of the
window over to the Edit menu and then select the "Find in this page"
menu item.

Where does this thing appear in the window? At the BOTTOM.

Where is the user least likely to look? At the BOTTOM.

Why is this? Because that's not where their attention is.

ok, if that didn't convince you...


Where is every other user-interactive component? At the TOP.

Where is the user focusing their eyes when they go to search? At the
TOP.

Why is this? Because that's where the menus are and because most people
start searching a document from TOP to BOTTOM.
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Sure looks like Ray responded to your criticism to me.  He talked about
why bottom is not a bad thing from his perspective and you talked about
why it was bad.  What exactly was it he didn't understand Jeff?

-JP
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JP Rosevear <jpr novell com>
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