[KDE-India] kde find dialog .. design catastrophe, inherited from windows.. ?

[Steven]

On Friday 16 December 2005 11:36, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:

> Would you like your favourite search engine to show their advanced search
> page everytime or just the basic one which works 99% of the time?
You've got a point there that i  must agree to.
> Leaving aside this specific need, are you more likely to use a more general
> option first, and then refining the search to narrow down the results?
>
> People who want more options are more likely to spend time refining their
> search, and it is better that all their needs are fulfilled by a more
> detailed UI a click or two away.
Thats where the catch is ... spending time ... just because the UI is 
clumbersome ... i've got to spend more time refining my search. See most 
search engines present advanced options in a single page not three diferent 
pages. In  the find dialog however even if you know part of the filename part 
of the content and som of the properties you are not spared any less clicks.
Now in case of single page i could enter all that in one go like in the 
advanced search page (to which I can directly jump to).
> Ofcourse, the irritating thing about the Windows file search is that you
> got to keep uncovering each of the options. It is much better to have just
> two views - one damn simple one (one text field) and the advanced one (with
> all the advanced options). This is what works very well for the search
> engines too.
I agree completely ... but sadly kde has the same find dialog box with three 
tabs.

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