On 07 Sep 2006, at 15:17 , Alex King wrote:
Making features accessible is as important as building them in the
first place. The "show drawer" icon doesn't mean "let me search" to
me.
I think the field for the search should be always visible. Once you
type in it, THEN the draw 'sproings' out.
It could even be where the drawer icon is, and fairly small (though a
bit wider than what is there now). Just a magnifying glass and a
small field. It could even behave exactly like it does now, you
click there in the field to start typing and the drawer appears with
the cursor in the search field. it would be BETTER, I think, to type
in the field and only have the drawer appear when you hit return, but
the former would be much easier as it is effectively just swapping
one icon for another.
See, the thing is, the finder-like/spotlight-like/mail-like search
field is familiar. We know what that does. The drawer icon doesn't
MEAN anything, it's just a drawer.
One thing that is odd is when you click an item in the drawer,
nothing happens. I mean, nothing at all. And when you double click
it, you get the appropriate pref pane, but no indication of where to
look. Wouldn't it be possible to 'highlight' the right area with a
nifty quartz affect?
And some of the items will point to the same pref pane, so it might
make sense to group these somehow. Though I can't think how right
now, so never mind there.
When I search for 'color' I get a list that includes "Syntax
Coloring" twice. Each pointing to a different pref pane. See why we
said the prefs were confusing?
For the record, the checkbox for "Sytnac Coloring" on the Editor:
Defaults pane should be on the text colors pane.
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