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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
@chaley: My intention is to make saved searches less discoverable. There are virtual libraries that perform the same function in a much user-friendlier manner. The only case where saved searches are useful is if you want to use both VLs and Saved searches. And for such use cases (which are relatively rare) the tweak exists to restore the saved search box.
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I use both saved searches and VLs and I don't think they are at all equivalent. Saved searches don't change the tag browser. They don't change the counts or average ratings. They don't affect QuickView. I can compose them trivially with "or", something that can't be done with VLs because VLs support "and" composition of searches only as long as the primary search is the VL itself. Saved searches are trivially editable, or at least they were until you removed the "Copy current search" button. And as far as I can tell, the new browser pushes users hard toward using saved searches instead of VLs because of user restrictions.
It seems that you are moving toward what lots of Android apps are doing, "simplifying" the interface to the point that no one has a clue what the app can do. One must guess to find the functions: tap, press, squeeze, shake, swipe, rotate, double-tap, and other stuff. Yes, this works for people who want only the functions that are easily visible. Others simply give up. I have several relatives who refuse to use their phones because they can't figure out how the apps work, and once they *do* figure it out then the app changes.
On the other hand, calibre *is* yours to change as you wish. And perhaps you are correct and the changes will increase happiness with calibre. I hope so.