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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

"he search only matches the beginning of entries. You can't type
"Doe" and expect to find John Doe. You have to start with "J"."

I just checked, it matches all cases, not just the beginning

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Remco <remco47@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:35, Jeremy Nickurak <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > How do you access an addressbook of 2,000 entries with a traditional
> window?
> > That seems like a daunting task by itself, so I'd be curious to know what
> > the strategy there is.
>
> In the Contact List of Empathy, if you start typing the name of the
> one you are looking for, a search box will appear. You'll end up
> selecting the entry. There are a number of problems with this:
>
> * The search box is invisible until you start typing, making it
> difficult to discover. Maybe the status text box should be moved to
> the bottom, like in Pidgin, so that an always-visible search box can
> be placed at the top of the list.
>
> * It only searches contacts that are initially visible in the list.
> Offline contacts are usually hidden. You should be able to also find
> offline contacts, who you could then send an offline message or an
> email (that last functionality does not currently exist though).
>
> * When doing the search, non-matching entries remain visible. It's
> just that the selection moves to the first visible entry.
>
> * The search only matches the beginning of entries. You can't type
> "Doe" and expect to find John Doe. You have to start with "J".
>


>
> In the Messaging Menu, I would not place a list of all contacts. That
> could get messy with 2000 contacts. It's better to just put a search
> box there. If you start typing in the search box, matching contacts
> will start appearing in the menu. Maybe the concept of "favorite
> contacts" could be introduced, so you can have a couple of contacts
> that appear in the menu before searching.
>
> --
> Remco
>
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