[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Chage in filter in home view

[Gonzalo Odiard]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Gary Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Hi Gonzalo,
>
> On 26 Sep 2012, at 19:31, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Can you describe how it is annoying, what were you trying to do with
> search, was it a complicated search string you needed to preserve, or a
> result state you particularly wanted to keep? UI freeze is not for another
> couple of weeks, reports/feedback on feature chenges is most wanted! :)
> >
> >
> > I am working with any activity, then, use the filter to found it in the
> home, in the favorites or in the list,
> > start the activity, and when close the activity, the search is cleaned.
> > If I want use the same activity again, need enter the filter again.
> > I have not switched views. The filter should be preserved.
> > In fact, the filter should be preserved, but not shared, for every view.
> > Example:
> > I can filter the Read activity, go to neighbour view, the filter is
> empty, search for a access point "My School", go back to the home, and the
> filter should keep the activity Read filtered.
>
> So yes, just to confirm this would be a request to revert back to the
> original behaviour (option 2). Have you not seen any cases where users
> switch back from some other task and are confused by a previous filter they
> had forgotten about or not realised they had triggered? I've certainly seen
> that at least a few times now with novice Sugar users (young adults ~20-25,
> technically competent, university educated, experimenting with Sugar in a
> group situation). Usually I have to lean over and clear the search for
> them, from then on they seem to be OK and manually clear searches
> themselves.
>
>
Yes. I have seen this confusion, but as you say, this can happen only one
time,
and later the user knows how to use the filter.


> Any other alternative behaviours?
>
> Here's one possible enhancement: What if the search entry has a history
> drop down of the last N searches queries. The UI down side, is that it
> would eat a chunk of the top left canvas while you were entering a search,
> that might well have your result in it (Neighbourhood, Group, Home
> favourite layouts).
>
>
I think is better keep the search as worked before. The drop down will take
develop time we don't have now,
and we need check how will interact with osk.

Gonzalo
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