Re: Removal of type-ahead find

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 09:34:29PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
> That being said, I was a bit disturbed by the removal of type-ahead
> find. While I can understand that there are a few issues with the
> existing implementation, I think we have to be careful not to lose sight
> of the fact that there are at least two common distinct uses of
> nautilus: searching and browsing.

In a bug about this the developers mentioned that the current
implementation is not ideal. It should basically first search quickly
within the current directory, doing pretty much what type ahead find
does. Then in the background it should do a more thorough search.

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Regards,
Olav