[Usability]Re: GNOME-SEARCH-TOOL: Comment Request [UPDATE]

[Michael Toomim <toomim uclink4 berkeley edu>]

Michael Toomim wrote:
> How about this:
>   A) Always keep an extra blank specification row in the "additional 
> options" box.  As soon as a user starts editing a row, add a new blank 
> row below it.  This way, users never actually have to explicitly add 
> rows, and you can do away with that entire section of the UI.
>   B) You'll need a way to select the "type" of specification.  You could 
> replace the label in the list of specs with an option-menu like the one 
> in the "add item" section.
>   C) Make the default "type" be "Choose a search type", or something 
> similar.  Now, you know precisely when to create a new blank 
> specification item: whenever the user changes the type from "Choose a 
> search type" to a real search type.

Oops!  I was looking at the wrong screenshot!  Please disregard all my 
comments on screenshot 2!