Re: [Design] What is the purpose of the All collection?

[Mimi Yin]

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to imply that the Archive collection wouldn't be searchable. It would simply be a way to segregate search results. If you search in the 'All/Dashboard' collection, you are essentially searching through relatively recent, up-to-date stuff (e.g. 0.7 sidebar icons). If you search through the Archive collection, you're searching through out-of-date, obsolete stuff (e.g. 0.4 mock-ups of the detail view).  Slight Tangent, but very Relevant:  Seamless Search Experience Reinforced with Navigation Affordances If we make it possible to search through the entire repository at once AND we display search result numbers next to each collection, regardless of which collection you are currently sitting in. All (37) In (14) Out (15) Archive (302) Trash (2) Home Work (15) I think this is a smoother way to provide users with an easy way to search 'All' their data without: 1. forcing a context switch - no more of 'first try searching in this collection then try searching in that collection'; 2. losing the collection groupings users have defined in the sidebar that often help them 'navigate' to the right search result On May 15, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote: However, I think over time, an Archive collection would be a nice thing to have (as a way of isolating obsolete stuff.) How hard would that be? to essentially define a 2nd Trash collection. I don't know how hard it would be but I don't think it's a good idea. I want my archive to be searchable! I don't know how I would be able to use it otherwise. Currently, the only moment I use search (Spotlight is my favorite), is to precisely search my archives... May be the way I described my workflow confused people: I currently end up deleting lots of stuff when done but that's because it's too much of a pain to keep it around. I'd prefer to archive it somewhere *and* keep it searchable. That seems to be a better solution to me. Cheers, - Philippe

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