Public bug reported: 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) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/917152/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs