Re: [Usability] Gnome HIG suggestion: search box clear buttons

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 22:59 -0700, Kirk Bridger wrote:
> It seems to me that this would be a bug with Evolution - why isn't the 
> data being filtered by the filter properly?  One could argue that it is 
> because it is not filter as you type.

In some cases the search can take several minutes, so "instant apply"
incremental search here would not be possible, e.g. searching for
message content on an IMAP folder.

In any case the same situation applies with the Web browser, as
I pointed out earlier, and you can't do http-as-you-type there,
as it doesn't make sense until you've finished typing the URI.

Similarly for a Location bar in a file browser, or in file/open.

Liam

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