Re: [Usability] Open Files - Search

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On May 10, 2007, at 6:01 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 05:56:12PM +0100, Calum Benson wrote:
> ...
> > I agree (although it needn't make things harder either); I just
> > suggested it because our file dialog is too cluttered already to 
> > allow a permanent, separate search box like OSX has.
>
> Cluttered ... I thought about removing the Places header, but it shows 
> the P mnemonic. I wanted to (again) remove the Add and Delete buttons, 
> but they too show mnemonis ... But now I wonder: How about not showing 
> the Add/Delete buttons initially. Show Delete if a Places item is 
> selected, show Add if a folder is selected?

I think the whole Places shebang is taking up more room than it 
deserves, and that it should become a menubutton.

> ...
> The results do belong to different categories and the user should not 
> be left wondering why something is in the results. There could be 
> files with the same name, but from different folders. What would you 
> do in the last case, with OSX?
> ...

I don't know what OS X does for that, but if it was an important 
problem, you could add a column to the results showing the folder that 
each result was found in.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
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