Comment 16 for bug 52878

>Traditional search may still be needed sometimes.

1) Only power users need to meddle with files outside of their own directory (which tracker doesn't index)
2) Power-users can be assumed to be smart enough to enable the desktop entry themselves (it is just unchecked by default)
3) Nautilus search now defaults to search the old way (in the current directory with all the extra possible options, like matching certain file sizes or types). which also allows to search in locations that are not indexed by tracker. The only missing function is regular expressions. But wouldn't people that know regular expressions just use the command line in the first place?
4) An alternative option could be, at least for Intrepid, to ship an all in one search tool, like catfish. I wonder how much trouble it would be to give that tool a simple and advanced mode?

Perhaps a strategy on file-searching and indexing would be a smart move? A specification perrhaps?
I feel this bug is more a sympton of a lacking strategy on this subject. Perhaps we should send a mail to the ubuntu-desktop list to encourage them to define some guidelines on this topic?

However, currently in Nautilus, it now defaults back to traditional searching, so I see little need for it.