Hey Carlos @csoriano, sorry for replying to such an old bug but I didn't know where else to do this. You mentioned use-case covered by search, so here are my usecases not covered by search (as far as I know).
In research projects you often have big datasets. So e.g., when I get data from an MRT-scan with a couple of thousand images, tracker is out of the question. I need to access the data immediately and can't wait for indexing. When I want to navigate to images starting with "PBX" I just enter that for type-ahead and Nautilus jumps directly to the first file starting with that while still showing me the files before and after (according to the current sort-order). Search doesn't navigate, it searches for "PBX" and shows me all files containing PBX anywhere (after a long wait because the files aren't indexed, yet). Sometimes I need to see files in the context of their creation time. With type-ahead I just sort by date and navigate to a specific file to see which files where created before and after the file in question. Researcher who are already using newer versions of Gnome without type- ahead often just use PgUp/PgDown until the see what they need instead of directly navigating there. You see the pattern: search can't replace navigation. They are two seperate things. Thanks for taking the time to reply here. If you're interested in discussing this further, just let me know where. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1666681 Title: Drop interactive_search.patch (type-ahead search) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1666681/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
