[Design] Search - Separate CLI palette

D John Anderson john at osafoundation.org
Fri Feb 2 11:41:56 PST 2007


>>
>> So the issue isn't about multiple commands in the palette, it's  
>> about not confusing the meaning of a search box by requiring that  
>> you type "/search". I hoped to avoid this confusion by putting  
>> quick entry in a different widget, one that worked even better for  
>> quick entry than the search box, leaving search to be the familiar  
>> search we all know and love.
>
> I think this is the crux of the confusion. Ii don't think of the  
> field in the toolbar as a search field. I think of it as a 'command- 
> line' text field where search is one of the command options. Is it  
> the rounded ends that are confusing the issue? We can change it to  
> be a square field on Mac. I don't think there's a difference really  
> for windows and linux.

I think a more precise explanation of the "crux of the confusion" is  
that I think it's better to feature search in it's own widget, in a  
familiar form that people already understand, and feature quick entry  
in in a separate widget that's optimized for its features.

Putting both functions in a single widget, even if it doesn't look  
like a search widget, just doesn't seem as nice to me.

John


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