Re: [Usability] new search/replace dialog proposal for gedit

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> ...
> --- Baptiste Mille-Mathias
> <baptiste millemathias gmail com> wrote:
> > I did some work on the bug
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369053 to improve the 
> > search/replace dialog; I just wanted to ear your comments and 
> > thoughts about that change.
> ...
> > For the new dialogs I advice you to try to compile gedit with the new
> > glade file instead of viewing the screenshots posted on bugzilla, 
> > because they were old and wrong.
>
> Is the resounding silence from the usability team due to everyone's 
> fear of reawakening two mighty dragons that slumber in bugzilla?
> I speak of http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85606 and
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169537 ....
> ...

In my case, more because (a) I didn't receive the original message, and 
(b) compiling is hard(TM). :-)

I don't know whether it's helpful, but I think that:
*   A Find bar should be used only for type-ahead find, with a floating
    window being used for more complex options.
*   "Find" is a more positive name than "Search".
*   If an application is able both to find things and to change them, it
    should have a single "Find/Change" window that does both jobs (as I
    reported in bug 169537). Separating them is aggravating.
*   "Close" buttons are tragic time-wasters in any window, Find windows
    included.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/