On 11/30/06 6:51 AM, patrickk wrote: > we had this problems recently: > 1. it´s currently not clear which columns are searched when using the > search-field in the admin-list. that´s sometimes very strange, > especially when using model-methods. > 2. it´s not possible to have multiple search-fields, each one > searching different columns. this is very restrictive IMHO.
While those are certainly good, valid criticisms, I should point out that there are equally valid criticisms of multiple search fields. The most prevalaent one, and the one we thought about when making a single search field, was the "which box am I supposed to search in?" problem. Remember: the admin is designed for non-technical users; many people who use it on a daily basis have no idea what a "model" or a "field" is, and to them a bunch of search boxes can just be intimidating. Again, it's not that your criticisms aren't good -- they are! -- I just want to point out that we've considered the trade-offs here. > since my last post concerning the admin-interface didn´t provoke any > reactions, I´m not quite sure whether this issues are interesting for > the django-developers. In general, I prefer the admin interface to be more "top down" than the rest of Django. I can go more into depth about my philosophy here if anyone's interested, but it really boils down to the fact that open source *design* doesn't work nearly as well as open source *code*. So I beg your forgiveness while we keep the admin cards close to our chest. Thanks, Jacob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
