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''This page is for defining and aggregating search improvement efforts into a common vision, promoting and combining the collective efforts.''
= Goals =
Improve the Thunderbird search interface, make search a useful and integral part of thunderbird [[Thunderbird]] for finding mail, contacts, attachments, and events. Improving search is going to have a transition period requiring a lot of improvements in a number of different areas; from the search entry to browsing, the results view, and even processing / organizing of mail. = Approach = * Work through improvements to the existing search and quick search* Develop platform that enables future search improvements* Work on design and development of extensions that move towards a new search paradigm == Existing Efforts == ; {{bug|372068}} : Improvements to the Thunderbird quicksearch toolbar
=== Make Search Entry More Prominent ===
Currently the search interface is small and aligned off to the right. We need to start trying ways to bring it out more.
** Bring the Search Entry into the Mail View
=== Search Multiple Sources ===
With better search indexing we can begin to try searching multiple items from the same search interface with results appearing in the same results view.
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=== Auto-Complete Search Results ===
Think "Awesomebar" for Thunderbird. We can help people search their mail with a fast and slick layout for finding the correct message.
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== Better Indexing == Searching messages is currently slow and often inaccurate. We need to work on a system of indexing messages and contact information so they are easy to find again. * Some Possible Ideas** Index all new information as it arrives** Only Index the new text in an email, ignore quoted text** Index attachments for file name and file type == Faceted Browsing ===
The [http://simile.mit.edu/seek/ SEEK] project is a Thunderbird extension that offers a fast method of searching through filtering. See their project page for installation, instructions, and code.
