So the issue isn't about multiple commands in the palette, it's
about not confusing the meaning of a search box by requiring that
you type "/search". I hoped to avoid this confusion by putting
quick entry in a different widget, one that worked even better for
quick entry than the search box, leaving search to be the familiar
search we all know and love.
I think this is the crux of the confusion. Ii don't think of the
field in the toolbar as a search field. I think of it as a 'command-
line' text field where search is one of the command options. Is it
the rounded ends that are confusing the issue? We can change it to
be a square field on Mac. I don't think there's a difference really
for windows and linux.
I think a more precise explanation of the "crux of the confusion" is
that I think it's better to feature search in it's own widget, in a
familiar form that people already understand, and feature quick entry
in in a separate widget that's optimized for its features.
Putting both functions in a single widget, even if it doesn't look
like a search widget, just doesn't seem as nice to me.
John
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