[turba] Search algorithm

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von lst_hoe01 at kwsoft.de:

> Zitat von Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> a client requested that the address search in IMP/DIMP work like in  
>>  other mail clients, i.e. that only contacts are returned that  
>> match  the typed characters at the beginning of the first name,  
>> last name, or  email address. Currently we do regular substring  
>> matching. Since the  searching happens in Turba, we would need to  
>> change it there.
>> I personally find our current method more intuitive, but giving  
>> that  our application seems to be the only one implementing this  
>> search,  most people seem to think different. What's your opinion?
>>
>> Jan.
>
> For autocomplete i would find building a list with matching  
> beginning more intuitive. For search by explicitely using a search  
> button i prefer the more global approach as it is today.

Yes, that's what I tend to after thinking about it for a while too. We  
should probably leave Turba as it is, and do the additional filtering  
in IMP and DIMP.

Jan.

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