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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Systems Settings - Desktop Search
From:       Kevin Krammer <krammer () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-03-29 14:47:20
Message-ID: 7000513.lXHlmKQax9 () persephone
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On Saturday, 2014-03-29, 19:47:19, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Shantanu Tushar Jha 
<shaan7in@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Vishesh Handa <me@vhanda.in> wrote:
> >> On Saturday, March 29, 2014 06:48:45 PM Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:

> >> > a whitelist, can you at least provide a way for the user to know what
> >> > is
> >> > being indexed? Like-
> >> > 
> >> > "Currently indexing-
> >> > 
> >> >     Your home directory (/home/shantanu)
> >> >     OtherDisk
> >> > 
> >> > "
> >> 
> >> Yeah. Perhaps.
> >> 
> >> What I was really trying to do was hide the concept of "indexing" from
> >> the
> >> user. They care about searching, not about "indexing".
> > 
> > However, the problem is that most of your userbase is (unfortunately, in
> > this case) smart and will get confused if search magically happens without
> > indexing.
> > 
> >> That's why the Systems settings says "Desktop Search" and "Hide from
> >> search
> >> results".
> > 
> > Then it can say "Searching in" instead in "Indexing in"
> 
> or, better "Search In"

I agree, that sounds like the most useful default list to display.
I.e. if a user visits the configuration of "Desktop Search" they should be 
presented with their current "search sources".

IMHO from a user perspective the actions are "add to" and "remove from" search 
sources and it is irrelevant whether "add to" means removing of a black list 
entry or adding of a white list entry. Only the result "data in new location 
now showing up in search results" does.
Respectively the same for "remove from search sources".

Outside the configuration interface that could be visualized as an emblem or 
side bar or "places" hint in Dolphin, with a simple way to toggle that state.
Perhaps like the "mounting/unmounting" action.

Cheers,
Kevin
-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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