Overview

This is the working page for Kibble search functionality that is currently scheduled for the 0.6 release. This will eventually turn into a spec but for now will act as a placeholder for design ideas, thoughts, issues etc.

Features

• Add in search box widget on the toolbar.
• 2 primary requirements for search
  • a) speed
  • b) ability to specify sub target of the Who category for searching, ie: to, from

• searches the to, from, subject and body fields.
• properties of search field
  • cancel button to stop search or exit search mode - esc should also work.
  • type in field and click enter to search
  • auto-typing from anywhere...ie: focus in summary view fills in search field. The exception to this is if you are editing a field in the detail view, renaming sidebar items, inline editing etc.
  • would be nice - like mac mail...search as you enter characters in search field (not a requirement for kibble).
  • drop down to select to, from, subject and body restricted search. Should also support keywords so user can type in search field (ie: to:, from: subject: body:).

• default relevance is ordered by date.
• light-weight matching of email addresses and names...ie: I type in Yin but it matches mimi@osafoundation.org.

• search results number appear in parentheses next to all the sidebar collections.
  • our selection in the sidebar does not change.
  • the app bar selection does not change.
  • the number of search results displayed in parentheses apply to the search results for that app bar selection and sidebar item. ie: I am in Work Events and search for mimi, I may get 10 items, I switch to the mail app and get 20 items.

-- SheilaMooney - 10 Dec 2004