[Usability] Find and Search [was: new search/replace dialog proposal for gedit]

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor ubuntu com> wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, den 09.11.2006, 12:38 -0800 schrieb
> Matthew Paul Thomas:
> > *   "Find" is a more positive name than "Search".
> 
> Find is used for a search that only covers the
> currently opened data
> set, e.g. a search in a web page or abiword
> document. If you also access
> external data, the term search should be used.

I've often wondered about the difference between the
two terms, if any.
Is that the official definition?
Perhaps something should be added to the Style Guide's
Terminology section.

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