[Usability]Re: GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.1.4: "We don't need... roads."

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Lars,

> The screenshot on this page made me wonder: has it ever been considered to
> put the list of search-results in the `Search for Files' dialog into a
> seperate window instead of appending it to the dialog itself?

At least it has been proposed, see:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2002-August/msg00104.html

So this seems to be related to Nautilus as well. Perhaps we could file
this issue in bugzilla, if enough people support the idea?

> The new design of the dialog surely seems to be an improvement over the
> old one but the list below the button-bar still makes it appear
> unnecessarily complicated IMHO.

I agree wholeheartedly.

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