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

[Erlend Davidson <E R M Davidson sms ed ac uk>]

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On 12/17/06, Erlend Davidson <E R M Davidson sms ed ac uk> wrote:
>   
> > On 16 Dec 2006, at 19:14, Laurent Aguerreche wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > Le samedi 16 décembre 2006 à 20:15 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe a
> > > écrit :
> > >       
> > > > 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...
> > > >         
> > > This feature is already used in Spotlight and in the search tool in
> > > Vista. It makes the user thinking that the search system is going fast
> > > and it also show him whether he has to more detail its query or not.
> > > Furthermore user has a kind of interactivity.
> > > I agree that such a feature will hit slow computers (and I have
> > > such one
> > > so I understand what it is...) but it is also something that many
> > > users
> > > would like to have and something that some people could argue on to
> > > say
> > > that tracker is not fast (yes it's wrong...).
> > >       
> > Part of the advantage in search-as-you-type is that sometimes you
> > don't need to type the whole thing... the computer finds it faster
> > than you can finish typing it.  Particularly with "unusual" words
> > (e.g. I use Spotlight to launch xmgrace, by the time I've finished
> > typing 'xmg'  the top-hit is xmgrace... I just press down arrow and
> > enter to run it).
> >     
>
> Now that's useful, only that the feature you mention, a listing of
> potential search terms, hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet,
No I'm not refering to explicitly coding a system to show you potential
search terms... find as you type is enough to do the above.