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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Search dialog vs. search bar
From:       Maurizio Colucci <seguso.forever () tin ! it>
Date:       2005-02-16 16:56:37
Message-ID: 42137B45.9020607 () tin ! it
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Jason Keirstead wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 February 2005 12:18 pm, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
> 
>>Drag?! Why not just focus the other window by clicking the spot you see?
> 
> 
> Because then you totally lose your main context window, i which something else 
> important may be going on.

That's what the taskbar is for...

> I don't think it is that weird of a case to be using two windows at the same 
> time, is it? After all - it's the whole purpose of windows in the first 
> place, otherwise everyting would just be maximized all the itme.

Apart from the fact that this is exactly how I use the desktop... me and 
   about all the users I've known.

But let us assume your style of usage is frequent under expert people. 
Let's say 50% of the people drag a window as you say (making it 
partially invisible).

Of those 50%, how many people do you believe would press CTRL+F without 
first making the window fully visible again, KNOWING THEIR SEARCH 
RESULTS COULD VERY WELL BE IN THE INVISIBLE PART?

Let's say 5% users do such a naive thing.

Of those 5%, how many people, AFTER hitting CTRL+F and not seeing 
anything, would not think "maybe something happened in the invisible 
part of the window? ". Let's say 20%.

Multiplying the fractions, we have (50*5*20) / (100*100*100) people who 
would be hurt by a search toolbar placed below. That's 0.5%. Hardly 
something we should worry about. This is not to say I have something 
against a search bar on top.

Cheers

Maurizio
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