[Bug 691380]

[Charles]

Hi Blake,

thanks for looking at this... comments inline...

(In reply to Blake Winton (:bwinton - Thunderbird UX) from comment #128)
> Comment on attachment 577917
> Iago's Unified Search Addon (latest version, 0.6.4)
> 
> So, this is _kinda_ like what I was thinking of, but I don't think it's
> close enough to get a ui-r+.
> 
> The main thing I dislike is that it feels _way_ too cluttered.

As compared to the Quickfilter Toolbar?

Remember, this is designed to *replace* the entire QF toolbar.

It also auto-expands/contracts, depending on how much room is available
where it is placed.

> Four icons in the search box is three and a half too many.

I agree to an extent, and would like to see this configurable.
Personally, I'd like only the Pin icon and a Read/Unread toggle (those
are the only ones I use a lot).

> Manually having to switch between filter and global search forces me to make
> a decision before I feel I should.

Not sure what you mean here, but I don't use the Global Search (have
GLODA completely disabled)...

> The extra bar seems to pop up at odd times.

Haven't noticed this... and I use it heavily and have a lot of other
extensions - maybe a conflict with one you have?

> I don't feel like I have any control over it.

I have zero problems with it, and like I said, use it heavily. Can you
elaborate a little?

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2301433/Screenshots/SearchBar/GlobalSearch.png shows
> some extra icons beside the global search.
>   What are they for?  Is that just a bug?

I only see the clear button, the button to switch back to Filter mode,
and the Prefs button - what other buttons are you talking about?

> I realize that there is a conflict here between ux-minimalism and
> ux-discovery, but I think we need to go further towards the minimalism side
> of things than this current add-on does.

It is already vastly more minimalistic than the QF toolbar, so what are
you contrasting it to?

I'm not trying to be argumentative, I honestly don't see the problems
youare talking about...

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  Quick Search  Filter should be moveable

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