Movie Collector Pro wrote:
but when I have all of my owned movies on the left and THEN I do a search it mixes up the search with owned and not owned.
Then you do what search? Please explain. A string search?
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
So a user barely notices that the view has now changed to all dbase movies and not just the ones that are owned.
Sorry, but what you say doesn't make sense. The view doesn't change from one database to another. The filtered search works with our one and only database and applies filters to it. If you apply the filter "owned", only remain the movies you own. If you apply the filter "western", only remain the western movies. If you apply the filters "owned" + "western", only remain your owned western movies. Etc...
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
Either way, I think I have beaten this horse to death, and then kicked it so I'll let this one go.
The problem is really on your side. You're locked in a mindset that is completely wrong. You keep making comments that make no sense because you didn't understand the concept.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
No sense in entrenching ourselves in our positions and then creating hard feelings.
Absolutely, but it's a misery that you don't understand how the program works. It could be me that doesn't understand what you say, but it's not the case. I've discussed with other users of the program, and they're like me, they don't understand why you don't get it.
Please forget your fixed ideas and listen carefully to what I say... There's only 1 database. It's a huge movie encyclopedia. You browse that huge encyclopedia to tell which movies you've seen, which movies you own, which movies you wish, etc... When you click the "owned" shortcut, the filtered search applies the "owned" filter to our one and only database. If you click the "rated" filter, the filtered search applies the "rated" filter. Etc...
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
That does make sense the way you say it. However, ponder just for a moment; Would it hurt anything to offer the option?
But I have considered to offer that option. At first, I was like you, I thought that it was a great idea to combine string search and filtered search. And then I've realized that it was just overkill and unnecessary. You use the filtered search to find several movies. You use the string search to find 1 movie. And the string search works pretty well, even applied to the entire database. When you input the title of the movie you're looking for, you find it. Period. No need to make the interface complex and confusing. Mixing filtered and string search is a complex concept that doesn't bring any benefit.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I'll consider this topic dead....no sense in continuing I think. Remember, I'm on your side and I support your efforts. I'm not the enemy.
I'm torn because I know that you are friendly.
Movie Collector Pro wrote:
I have many friends that are programmers and I listen to their frustrations routinely.
You said you were 3 friends using the program. Do your friends understand what I'm saying?