[Design] Re: Suggestions on Quick Item Entry in the Search bar

[Jeffrey Harris]

[Restricting this to the design list, as design is what this is about]

Hi John,

> If we add the ability to type commands that don't have anything to do 
> with search in the search box, I think we shouldn't  call it a search 
> box. It's more like a command line, so maybe a "command box". Also, 
> since it's like a command line, it would be handy if there were some way 
> to search for "/mail", so maybe we should invoke all the usual command 
> line quoting options.

Yup, it's often been called the command line in design documents, we 
just happened to implement search first.

> Finally, while I think this may be a good "expert:" option, I suspect 
> for most users it will cause more confusion than benefit. For my 
> sensibility it violates the "simple things should be simple" rule by 
> overloading searching (a simple idea) with complicated idea (the command 
> line).

I think non-power-users will never use other drop down options, so this 
seems like a perfect application of the "simple things should be simple" 
credo.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey