| I thought about that and actually had toggle buttons before. But there are some advantages to the "syntax" UI: - You can use the keyboard. Couldn't you use keyboard shortcuts? Not that easy in the browser, because most shortcuts are already taken, and though you can override them, that also confuses people. - You always see in the searchfield what search mode you're in. The buttons would have to be in the sidebar, which isn't always visible, depending on how wide the window is. And even if it's visible, you still have to look there, whereas you're already looking at the searchfield. And it's not that hard to remember, it's kind of mnemonic: Exclamation mark to sort by priority, because you use an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence to mark it as important. Star to sort by changes, because when you change a file in a terminal text editor, you see a star next to the name. I should probably explain this in the app. ThinkType also has a kind of help UI. If you hit F1, you see the keyboard shortcuts in the sidebar. (Only works if the sidebar is visible.) Should also explain the query syntax there. |
> What magic character did I have to type again?
> I should press F1 to figure out.
> What was the thought again?