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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Search dialog vs. search bar
From:       Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () cirulla ! net>
Date:       2005-02-16 10:06:53
Message-ID: 200502161106.53697.mikelima () cirulla ! net
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El Miércoles 16 Febrero 2005 10:35, Thomas Zander escribió:

> You are trying to solve a couple of problems with one unified solution
> that a) are not problems individually

I beg to differ here:

the "regular find" (the find dialog) does not have incremental search, plus 
it gets in the way of the search (it occludes your view of the document).

The incremental search user interface is too primitive as it is.

I'd be perfectly fine with an incremental search interface only, provided 
that it had a better user interface. We could provide the usual preference 
option as to which interface to use, but...

> b) are seperate by (usability) design for a good reason.



>
> Let me explain;
> the search dialog is for most users and has good enough usability on
> its own.  The '/' search is a different interface to the same concepts
> for other users. Users that are used to working like that.

Yes. Do you see any overlap of usage? If not, wouldn't it be better for the 
user which interface to use, just the way we ask if a tabbed interface is 
preferred in konqueror? 

> These two different interfaces don't collide in usage and don't make
> the usability of one of these groups worse.
> In other words; there is no problem on the usability front due to the
> two different interfaces and they are actually 2 distinct features,
> for different users.
>
> I think its the developer in you, the developer that wants to reduct
> code duplication and wants to merge them.  In this case I don't think
> you are going to do the users a favor.

I don't care if "the other" interface is present. I just would not use it.

As long as the functionality has a common API, different implementations 
could be provided, and tailored to the user base. 

>
> Hope you understand my points!
>
> Keep up the good work.

-- 
Luciano Montanaro 

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a yo-yo
                                                          - Enoch Root
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