Feature Request for User Added Results

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markd

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Jul 10, 2009, 5:31:05 PM7/10/09
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When users decide to add a search result, they are asked to give the
name and path.

The name is simple enough - just type in an appropriate title.

The path is much more difficult for most users. If the path is a URL,
you can copy and paste so that is not a problem. However, if the path
is on a file share it becomes much trickier. You would have to enter
some combination of the following:

file://servername/folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/Long Confusing
Document Name version 2.xls

or

U:\BobMarley\my files\multimedia\albums\Catch A Fire\Concrete
Jungle.mp3

Or even...

\\servername\folder1\folder2\folder3\long%20%Confusing%20%Name.xls

What user is going to do this? Answer - not many.

How about adding a BROWSE button in the pop up window so users can go
and find the file that they want to point to? Similar to adding an
attachment in Gmail - except you don't upload the document, you just
grab the UNC path and populate the field.

Without this feature, I dont see this plugin being useful for any
protocol beyond http

Thanks!
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