On 24 Jan 2010, at 01:12, Caio Chassot wrote: > I believe applying filtering rules, in the most strict sense, shouldn't so > much be the main focus, instead, everything is search, in the sense that > everything is a live query.
I don't mind everything being a search under the hood as long as I don't have to be aware of it. To me, if it looks like a folder, then I'm going to treat it as one and won't expect any quirks due to underlying implementation. If it looks like a smart folder, then all bets are off IME :) The main problem with smart folders/live queries is how much slower they seem to be. Even iTunes shows me a "normal" playlist much faster than a smart one. The speed different in Mail is just embarrassing. I have one that takes over 10 seconds the first time I enter it per session and over 1 second every single time I go into it! (i.e. it's long enough that I see the "spinner" every time I click on it and it's one reason, I like multiple windows) > It would be nice, too, if a named query can be used as a condition in other > queries: say you have a view for "family" email, then you can create a second > query like "in family && subject !~ /^Fw:/") Definitely a requirement. iTunes allows this with its smart playlists and Mail does in its Smart Mailboxes. I have to admit that I quite like iTunes' smart playlist creation system as it find it quite intuitive to create quite complex rules and the complexity is generally hidden for the trivial filters. Regards, Rob... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
