Comments on: Maybe I need a search extension – SearchaQuilla? http://mesquilla.com/2009/11/20/maybe-i-need-a-search-extension-searchaquilla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maybe-i-need-a-search-extension-searchaquilla Messaging with Mozilla by rkent Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ali Geyik http://mesquilla.com/2009/11/20/maybe-i-need-a-search-extension-searchaquilla/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Ali Geyik Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:38:59 +0000 http://mesquilla.com/?p=461#comment-1294 JS + RegEx search extension would bring the very much demanded "variables" support to Thunderbird, which would be GREAT IMHO.. Keep up stim & good working Best Regards JS + RegEx search extension would bring the very much demanded “variables” support to Thunderbird, which would be GREAT IMHO..
Keep up stim & good working
Best Regards

]]> By: Bob Noseworthy http://mesquilla.com/2009/11/20/maybe-i-need-a-search-extension-searchaquilla/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Bob Noseworthy Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:24:50 +0000 http://mesquilla.com/?p=461#comment-94 Hi there, A better search tool in Thunderbird 3+ would be fantastic. 3.0's Gloda-based search is cute and all, but it is SLOW. Not to search, but to ENTER your search. SO many TB 2.0 users crave the GmailUI addon's expression based search. With it, I can do a complicated search in < 1sec, example: "from: to: body:" (though in gmailui its even shorter using f: t: and b:) I can even say "not" (such as "-f:") In TB 3.0+, from the quicksearch bar, its "search all messages" for one string (can't even specify if its from, to, etc). Then the search tab eventually opens. Then I have to scroll through all the 'people' (852 in my TB) to select who to involve / not-involve. Then I still can't search by subject or body contents, so I better have started this search with the text I wanted to find in the subject or body. OR I can right-click on a folder and pop up the Search Messages dialog, and to make a "f: -t: s: b:" string, I have to go through 7 clicks and fill in the fields (once the pop-up is up) Hopefully the laborious examples convey how annoying search is in TB 3.0 right now, an expression-based search from the quick-search bar (even if just for the current folder) would be phenomenal. If the old gmailui's expression search can be updated to TB 3 then great, if a slicker search utilizing gloda can be cranked out, fantastic, but search from the "quick" search bar really needs to be QUICK and MUCH more powerful than it currently is(n't) You asked "Maybe I need a search extension" - I'm sure you've got 100s of "to-do's" but just search for gmailui and read all the users groans about lack of expression based search... Thanks for your time! Hi there,
A better search tool in Thunderbird 3+ would be fantastic. 3.0′s Gloda-based search is cute and all, but it is SLOW. Not to search, but to ENTER your search.
SO many TB 2.0 users crave the GmailUI addon’s expression based search. With it, I can do a complicated search in < 1sec, example:
"from: to: body:”
(though in gmailui its even shorter using f: t: and b:)
I can even say “not” (such as “-f:”)

In TB 3.0+, from the quicksearch bar, its “search all messages” for one string (can’t even specify if its from, to, etc).
Then the search tab eventually opens.
Then I have to scroll through all the ‘people’ (852 in my TB) to select who to involve / not-involve.
Then I still can’t search by subject or body contents, so I better have started this search with the text I wanted to find in the subject or body.

OR
I can right-click on a folder and pop up the Search Messages dialog,
and to make a “f: -t: s: b:” string, I have to go through 7 clicks and fill in the fields (once the pop-up is up)

Hopefully the laborious examples convey how annoying search is in TB 3.0 right now, an expression-based search from the quick-search bar (even if just for the current folder) would be phenomenal.

If the old gmailui’s expression search can be updated to TB 3 then great, if a slicker search utilizing gloda can be cranked out, fantastic, but search from the “quick” search bar really needs to be QUICK and MUCH more powerful than it currently is(n’t)

You asked “Maybe I need a search extension” – I’m sure you’ve got 100s of “to-do’s” but just search for gmailui and read all the users groans about lack of expression based search…

Thanks for your time!

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