"Excludes" "Omit Results / Temporary Excludes" "Filters"

[Stamimail]

Correct me if I'm wrong.
All of these are doing the same thing, the matter is only for how long it is:
"Excludes" - forever
"Omit Results / Temporary Excludes" - for a period of time
"Filters" - for the current search

So why can't those to share the same structure of DialogBox/GUI?
For example, 3 tabs ("Excludes" "Omit Results / Temporary Excludes" "Filters").
Each tab with 2 blocks. The first block for the common features. The second block for the unique features.

Please explain with examples.

[void]

So why can't those to share the same structure of DialogBox/GUI?

I would like to keep these separate.
I would like to avoid having a bloated dialog that tries to do x, y and z.
I would prefer to have a dialog the does x, a dialog that does y and a dialog that does z.



"Excludes"
Should only be set once.
Should be buried under Options somewhere, not in the main UI.
Can specify "Include only files" (Cannot be done with "Omit Results").
Can exclude hidden/system files (Cannot be done with "Omit Results").

Example:
I never want to see "C:\windows" and "C:\Users\*\AppData"
I exclude "C:\windows" and "C:\Users\*\AppData" from my index.
I will never change my excludes again.



"Omit Results"
Can be set often.
Should be configurable from the main UI, quickly and easily.
Can only set exclude filters. (not include only filters)

Example:
I don't want to see *.tmp files.
However, sometimes like to delete all my tmp files.
I add *.tmp to my result omission list.
Occasionally, I will disable my omission list to delete all my tmp files.



"Filters"
Can be set very often.
Should be configurable from the main UI, quickly and easily.
Doesn't share any common features with "Omit Results".
Can be (and is commonly) inclusive only, instead of omissive.

Example:
I want to see *.mp3 files only.



That said, "Omit Results" could be moved closer to "Filters".
Moving "Omit Results" to the Search menu might be an improvement.
I will consider sharing "Omit Results" and "Filters" in the same dialog.