Re: [Tracker] A couple of issues in tracker-search-tool

[Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it>]

Il giorno sab, 16/12/2006 alle 20.15 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe ha
scritto:
> On 12/16/06, Luca Ferretti <elle uca libero it> wrote:

> >         More info: I suppose the search button should also be grayed out
> >         after a search is performed, and clickable only when there is
> >         something new to search in text entry.
>
> Often, while Tracker is still indexing, you'd like to continue
> searching with the same terms again just by clicking the search button
> (which is not grayed out). This feature you suggest will end up as a
> frustration in such a case.

Maybe we need to add more info about current status in statusbar. Note
that we are currently missing total matches too.

We could show in status bar something like:

        1-->  Results 12 - 23 of 234
        2-->  Results 1 - 3 of 3 (<b>indexing still running</b>)

1 is for searches performed while no indexing action is running (note
it's inspired to Google.Com), 2 for searches performed while indexing.

Of course any common_human-readable phrase to explain that tracker is
collecting data could be better then "indexing".

> >         More info: waiting for a search-as-you-type feature, should we
> >         clear the results list after every text entry changes
>
> I hope the search-as-you-type feature is not implemented in t-s-t,
> especially considering that loads of people type at different speeds,
> and also because hitting enter shouldn't be much trouble after typing
> the entry. Such a feature is unneeded elegance...

I agree with Laurent here...

Search-as-you-type is, simply, coooooool - don't care if it's
unuseful :-)