desktop-packages team mailing list archive

[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

the time you list is probably not on a cold start and listing the
content is different from searching which gets extra infos out of the
filenames, but right as said search in nautilus is known to be
suboptimal and could for sure use improvements

** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Wishlist => Low

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917152

Title:
  nautilus has to build search index for the first search, doesn't warn
  user what's happening

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My downloads directory has 1177 files in it. With nautilus opened on
  Downloads, I press ctrl F, and type any word. Initial search takes 10+
  seconds (presumably to build the index?) Subsequent searches are fast
  enough to be useful.

  The initial time is a problem, because nautilus does not report to the
  user what it's doing. Most non technical users will give up, and close
  the window, believing that "nautilus search is slow", and probably
  won't reuse search.

  Multiple approaches to fixing this could be taken; e.g. background
  build of indices, or just better user messaging ("Because this is the
  first time you've used search, we need to create an index. Your future
  searches will be fast.")

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jan 16 08:19:36 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (92 days ago)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/917152/+subscriptions