I suspect that what the default should be many depend as much or even
more on personal preference than frequencies of doing different tasks .
I think lots of people would always prefer choosing a menu (or menu
accelerator) to create a note, and lots would prefer only typing -- just
depending on whether they hate the mouse, prefer menus or didn't like
the shell-like command interface.
As long as menus are available for tasks, searching isn't harder than
google (i.e. doesn't require learning a shell-like command interface),
and powerful shell-like commands are available for those who prefer them
I suspect everyone will be happy.
John
Mimi Yin wrote:
Well the original plan was that if you started typing, we would assume
you were trying to search. Travis pointed out that you might be
creating new items more often than searching. (Especially given the
task management/calendaring scenarios we're focusing on for Beta / 1.0)
How often do people do text search in Outliner / task management and
calendar apps? as compared to email clients?
+ The same amount?
+ Twice as much?
+ Half as much?
+ Barely ever?
+ Never?
Mimi
On Aug 11, 2006, at 4:35 PM, John Anderson wrote:
Mike Taylor wrote:
after reading the other replies I now see that the text area is
supposed to be a command area in which search is but one part of
it's duty - that to me makes a world of difference as the user goes
into the task knowing what context is required.
One downside of putting search in the command line is that it will be
less obvious this is where you go for search.
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