> ... In a sense, by applying the search terms with AND by > default means that "search within results" can be achieved by simply > extending the search string. Additionally, the filters can serve to > narrow down the results, for instance by reducing a search for "games" > to a search for "games that my friends are playing" or a search for > "Bob" to "chats with people named Bob."
You are correct. For myself, the mechanism of extending the search string feels "restrictive", in that having to specify a multi-term 'search string' implies to me that the user already _knows_ (and is able to express) what it is that he is searching for. Letting a search be "refined" in easy steps allows the user to change the criteria depending on "what is available". If I don't already have Bob in mind, I think stepwise filtering is 'natural': (1) Q - What do I have time to do now? A - "chat" (2) Q - Whom don't I want to chat with? A - "those sixth graders" (3) Q - Who's left? A - "Bob. I want to ask him something" mikus _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
