In a note totally unrelated to Second Life for a change, I’d just like to relate how awesomely irritating the “Search” box is in Windows Vista’s file explorer. It just won’t wait until you finish typing your search text before running off and looking. Really, just because I type one letter, it doesn’t mean that I want it to show me everything with that letter.
If Vista search were a person, and I wanted to look for my “resume” file, the conversation might go a bit like this:
(Cubey clicks the Search box.)
Vista: Oh boy, oh boy, we get to do a search! What are you looking for?
(Cubey types the letter R.)
Vista: OK! All things starting with R! You got it! I’ll be right back in five to ten seconds!
Cubey: No no! I’m not done yet.
Vista: Wow, there are over 5,000 things that start with R! That’s way too much. Why did you want me to do that?
Cubey: I didn’t! Here’s the rest of the word…
(Cubey types the letter E.)
Vista: OK! All things starting with RE! That’s a tough one, but I simply love searching! Here I go!
Cubey: No, wait! Stop that!
Vista: (several seconds later) Well that took a long time! And there are still too many.
Cubey: Well if you’d just wait for me to finish typing!
(Cubey thinks a moment, then quickly types “re-install Windows XP”.)
Vista: No items match your search.