Re: [Usability]Re: A (Re)"search" idea

[Joaquin Cuenca Abela <e98cuenc yahoo com>]

--- Calum Benson <calum benson sun com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 17:37, Joaquin Cuenca Abela
> wrote:
> 
> > Again, why do you need a "search forward" and a
> > "search backward"?
> > 
> > The serial way of highlight match by match is much
> > slower than showing all the matches at once.
> 
> The serial way is useful for some things, but you're
> right, a 'show all
> matches' feature would be nice too.
> 
> One simple way to do this would just be to show all
> matches using the
> secondary highlight colour when you pressed the
> 'Find' button, whilst

I'm nitpicking, but in my proposal there is no 'Find'
button.  The search is done automatically each time
the user presses a key.

Thus, no need for a 'Find' button (a vestige from when
computers were slower?)

Cheers,


=====
Joaquin Cuenca Abela
e98cuenc at yahoo dot com

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