GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 303900
Some confusion regarding when 'Show more options' are selected.
Last modified: 2009-08-15 18:40:50 UTC
This bug has been opened here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/10188 "When using gnome-search-tool to search 'in folder: Home', I want it to follow symlinks. So I put that in the 'more options' list. Nice. Next time starting the program, this setting is remembered. Also nice. It isn't actually used, however, when the "Show more options" think is not expanded. When I expand the thing, it *is* used. This has confused me a lot, and I really think it's a weird thing to have the *behaviour* of the program changing whenever just showing/hiding the options that have been set. I would propose the options that are set, are used - regardless of whether the "show more options" thing is expanded or not."
I know than the quick mode uses locate and the other mode search on the disk, but that's confusing for users. https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/7965 is an another example of this. Maybe the UI should make clear the difference between both?
Maybe the label should be changed from "Show more options" to "Add more options" or something?
BTW, power users can set the '/apps/gnome-search-tool/show_additional_options' gconf key to expand the "Show more options" section by default. > "I would propose the options that are set, are used - regardless of whether the > 'show more options' thing is expanded or not." I disagree if a user does not see an option then is should not be selected. Instead, I'll probably change the label of the expander widget to "Select more options". Any other suggestions?
Patch applied to 2.11.x+ (cvs head). 2005-05-14 Dennis Cranston <dennis_cranston@yahoo.com> * gsearchtool.c, gnome-search-tool.schemas.in, help/C/gnome-search-tool.xml, and help/C/figures/gnome-search-tool_window.png: Change "Show more options" to "Select more options" to clear up confusion reported in bug #303900.
I don't think that's the purpose of the bug. The issue is than users don't understand the difference between locate and find. Ie: they don't get why the options doesn't work when they are hidden. Nothing make clear than masking this part of the UI makes the user choices useless. Maybe the 2 search modes should have 2 differents UI and not depend on the options beeing masked or not?
No, the differences you describe existed prior to gnome-utils version 2.10. See bug report #153563. By default, for simple filename searches gnome-search-tool performs a two pass search using locate followed by find. ;-)
that doesn't work. * pick an directory * display the options * choose to display files created since 1 day that works fine * mask the options * search again it displays all the files, so it ignores the options ...
From my point of view, the user is not "masking the options". They are "unselecting the options". I'd like to get feedback from a usability expert, so I am cc'ing Calum Benson.
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2005-07-09 Dennis Cranston <dennis_cranston@yahoo.com> * help/C/gnome-search-tool.xml: Help prevent confusion reported in Bug #303900 by adding information about disabling the search options.