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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Easier Searching in KDE
From:       Dik Takken <D.H.J.Takken () phys ! uu ! nl>
Date:       2004-06-01 22:23:31
Message-ID: Pine.OSF.4.60.0406020010090.157607 () ruunat ! phys ! uu ! nl
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:

>> Maybe, instead of cramming the results all in one widget, we could use
>> tabs to display the results of different searches:
>>
>> +-------+
>>
>> | Files | Music | Movies | Amazon.com
>> |       +-----------------------------------+
>> | foo  3K ...                               |
>> | bar  5K ...                               |
>> | ....                                      |
>>
>> That way it would be very easy to add the results of more search agents,
>> since all you would need was another tab. Also, the search agents could
>> define a suitable layout to present their results (i.e. presenting the
>> album cover for music, display local local theaters for movies etc.)
>
> I don't like tabs that much, but it seems fine and consistent with we already
> have in kde.

I don't like Tabs either. I want to quickly see how many hits a have for 
earch plugin. Just scrolling a page is much more convenient than clicking 
on all tabs.

The only argument agaist 'cramming' all results into one page seems the be 
that it will become an inconsistent mess. I don't see why it would
become a mess, but if people choose to mess it up anyway, tabs won't help. 
The output of each plugin is still the same, the only difference is that 
you can only see the results of one of them.

You see, if each plugin just takes care of it's own output-section to look 
nice and clean, I see no problem in displaying multiple sections on a 
single page. If anyone can think of better arguments, please tell us.

Cheers!

Dik
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