The file finder absolutely bugs the snot out of me though
In what way? The only thing that bugs me is there is no direct link to the advanced search option which is far more powerful than the ones in Win2K and XP.
In what way? The only thing that bugs me is there is no direct link to the advanced search option which is far more powerful than the ones in Win2K and XP.
The vast majority of the time I want to:
1) Searching (unindexed) network drives
2) search for filenames, not file context, not email, not anything else
What really bugs me:
Option #1 doesn't work for non-indexed locations.
Searching through the finder or explorer both have the same annoying glitch:
- If I hit Win+F , the search dialog comes up. So far, so good.
- I want to specify a partial filename. OK.
- Then specify a network location in the location textfield.
- Great, doing that erased my partial filename that I entered in the search field, so I get to re-type it.
- The same things happens the other way around: If I enter the network path first, and then enter a search term, it automatically goes back to my indexed locations instead of the network folder I was just in.
So... no matter which field I do first, I get to enjoy entering one of them twice.
The annoyance is that the OS keeps second-guessing what I'm trying to do. I know the root folder that my files are in, and I know what the filename looks like -- I don't need it to check my outlook email store for content matches, thankyouverymuch.
(To be fair, I also hate the XP search function with a passion, but at least XP has a registry hack that'd give you the old Windows 2000 classic search back, without all the 'enhancements')
I guess the Vista search can be nice if you either have no clue what you're looking for, or don't know where you keep your files, but it sure is annoying when you're not in those categories. :-?