Hi Blake, thanks for looking at this... comments inline...
(In reply to Blake Winton (:bwinton - Thunderbird UX) from comment #128) > Comment on attachment 577917 > Iago's Unified Search Addon (latest version, 0.6.4) > > So, this is _kinda_ like what I was thinking of, but I don't think it's > close enough to get a ui-r+. > > The main thing I dislike is that it feels _way_ too cluttered. As compared to the Quickfilter Toolbar? Remember, this is designed to *replace* the entire QF toolbar. It also auto-expands/contracts, depending on how much room is available where it is placed. > Four icons in the search box is three and a half too many. I agree to an extent, and would like to see this configurable. Personally, I'd like only the Pin icon and a Read/Unread toggle (those are the only ones I use a lot). > Manually having to switch between filter and global search forces me to make > a decision before I feel I should. Not sure what you mean here, but I don't use the Global Search (have GLODA completely disabled)... > The extra bar seems to pop up at odd times. Haven't noticed this... and I use it heavily and have a lot of other extensions - maybe a conflict with one you have? > I don't feel like I have any control over it. I have zero problems with it, and like I said, use it heavily. Can you elaborate a little? > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301433/Screenshots/SearchBar/GlobalSearch.png shows > some extra icons beside the global search. > What are they for? Is that just a bug? I only see the clear button, the button to switch back to Filter mode, and the Prefs button - what other buttons are you talking about? > I realize that there is a conflict here between ux-minimalism and > ux-discovery, but I think we need to go further towards the minimalism side > of things than this current add-on does. It is already vastly more minimalistic than the QF toolbar, so what are you contrasting it to? I'm not trying to be argumentative, I honestly don't see the problems youare talking about... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691380 Title: Quick Search Filter should be moveable Status in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail and News: Confirmed Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “thunderbird” source package in Lucid: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird Today I updated lucid 3.0.4 TB to 3.1.7 from security. I never liked the new "smart" search feature but relied mostly on filtering on To, CC and recipient. I had put the search field for that on the menu bar so no further screen real estate was used on my netbook. 3.1.7 now introduces a UI regression in that that search field is used solely for the dumb "smart" search that opens a tab to waste even more screen space. To use the search that I care about I have to use the quick search bar, more lost screen space. And when I actually use it it opens another bar to filter and by then I can't even see my messages any longer. Seriously, netbooks are here to stay. What were the UI devs thinking looking at their 28" TFT display all day? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/691380/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
