[Wiki] Poll: Would you like to have Global Search? [not relevant]

I'd use it the same way I do on Windows 7, general system-wide search for all kinds of files possible.

i just sorted through album art using Search in Windows, finding and removing old .db files, .wma's, duplicates, etc.

I think it would be a handy feature, albeit most of the time I know where stuff is that I've installed or created.

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It would work well the way it is implemented e.g. in GNOME (3): it lists all your contacts, all files tracker can track, all your installed applications, and more such things, every application can also decided to make its search index whatever available to the global search, but most importantly: you can select which things you don't want to see when you search!

I noticed @virgi26 also mentioned this in the original thread: https://together.jolla.com/question/1286/search-global/?answer=58539#post-id-58539

I'm just concerned about the use of Tracker (I hadn't a good experience with it on GNOME).

An other part of @Aard's comment: "Security for the aggregated content would be manageable as well if only the search application itself has access to it."

I would like to be able to search in all kinds of files: music, notes, videos, photos, contacts etc etc. and it should be fast :)

i never used this on N9 or on Windows or Ubuntu

@mgbler is this because you simply never tried? Or because you dislike the feature?

@Fuzzillogic dislike would be to much, i just don't use such a feature although i tried it. But this is perhaps because i don't have a huge collection of files and the few ones i have are stored "canonical". My vote doesn't show dislike or disgust at all, it just represents people without need for such a feature... but, having sth is better than needing sth ;~)

@mgbler search isn't just for finding files. I hardly use it for that. I do use it to start applications, open chat sessions, find mail, etc. Even if canonically stored, typing is often faster. This is true on mobile as well.

@Fuzzillogic i believe you, and i think the majority (5:1) agrees. It's interesting to see how people use their devices differently. There are certainly situations when this function comes handy - maybe for the majority.