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    nicolai | # 1 | 2010-07-12, 09:41 | Report

    Hi,

    here is my new Application.
    Scout - Search Contacts, Conversations and Calendars.
    You can search for text in Contacts for names, nicknames
    usernames, addresses or phone numbers.
    Calenderentries with summary or description text.
    And text in your conversations.
    It is currently in extras-devel. It may crash sometimes
    but is mostly useable.

    An example is shown in the screenshot for searchtext "test".
    The search result category is indicated by the different icons
    on the left side (contacts, calender, sms). I use two different
    kind of icons for sms and chat conversations and for each
    two different icons (with and without the blue arrow)
    to distinguish received and outgoing messages.

    Selecting a search result has different actions:
    -opens a contact details dialog for contacts
    -opens the calendar app for calendar entries (agenda view)
    -opens a new window with the full message text for
    conversations.
    I wished I could open the conversation app for the conversation
    search result, but I couldn't find a way to do so.



    This is my entry for the coding competition. I want to announce it
    here and now, first, to collect some feedback and second, because
    I know there is a some demand for such an app.

    Enjoy,
    test and
    give feedback.

    regards
    nicolai

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    bipinbn | # 2 | 2010-07-12, 09:53 | Report

    nice app..was very much needed..will test and report..
    Thank you

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    ossipena | # 3 | 2010-07-12, 10:00 | Report

    damn, I quess I'll just buy new N900 in next autumn
    (this is something I missed coming from E71)

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    logicalsid | # 4 | 2010-07-12, 10:07 | Report

    Definitely needed...

    +1

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    Sidd

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    Power | # 5 | 2010-07-12, 10:21 | Report

    Cool! One reason I love the "N" so much. You don't have something, you don't like something, hack it up

    Kudos to u!

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    SallyJane | # 6 | 2010-07-12, 10:28 | Report

    Ah nicolai you've done it again - another neat little app superbly positioned to fill a gaping void....

    Thanks !!!

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    aanckar | # 7 | 2010-07-12, 10:35 | Report

    A thousand thanks, this app is fantastic and much needed!

    After playing around, I have a few first remarks:

    - searching is case-sensitive, could there be an option to change this?
    - how about an option to jump to the selected entry in conversations?
    - pressing enter on hardware keyboard could highlight search button

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    dbrodie | # 8 | 2010-07-12, 10:40 | Report

    I have a small feature request, if possible, to be able to search the Note field of a contact as well? I use this field a lot (solves the problem of what was the name of the Lawyer my friend recommended to call last month )
    Thanks a lot!

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    nicolai | # 9 | 2010-07-12, 10:42 | Report

    Originally Posted by aanckar View Post
    A thousand thanks, this app is fantastic and much needed!

    After playing around, I have a few first remarks:

    - searching is case-sensitive, could there be an option to change this?
    Maybe
    Originally Posted by aanckar View Post
    - how about an option to jump to the selected entry in conversations?
    Yes, this is the behaviour I wished, too. But I couldn't find a way
    to open the conversation app for one conversation. I found no API,
    no DBUS call for this. So this message window for the search result
    in conversations is just a workaround.
    Originally Posted by aanckar View Post
    - pressing enter on hardware keyboard could highlight search button
    Thank you for your feedback
    regards
    nicolai

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    saxen | # 10 | 2010-07-12, 11:08 | Report

    does it search "case sensitive"!?

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