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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!