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[Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 23.07.2013 18:20, schrieb Ted Gould:
> On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 12:47 +0200, Christian Dywan wrote:
>> I'm working on in app search, which works roughly like this:
>>  The app is defined to support searching (in the manifest)
>>  As you type in the Unity Dash you'll see icons of apps that can be searched
>>  Searchable apps don't need to be running to invoke search
>>  The UI toolkit provides a search component - when search is invoked the
>> app renders search results. The header of the app features a search text
>> field much like the Dash design and behavior wise.
>
> So, to be clear, it won't show results from those applications, just
> applications that support the search action?  I'm a bit confused how
> when I type "photos from greece" in the search having the telephony
> app show up is useful even if it supported searching contacts internally.
Yes.
User testing is in progress as we speak, so it may still change a bit.

The original approach was to tap the search icon at the top, which would
trigger search mode in the app - if it wasn't searchable the icon would
be hidden.