> If I am doing a desktop search for local files Part of the issue is that many users do not understand the concept of "local files". For example my mother wh

> If I am doing a desktop search for local files Part of the issue is that many users do not understand the concept of "local files". For example my mother when looking for papers for her class will do a search through the universities page find a paper. Because the online PDF viewer sucks I showed her how to download the file and open it in Adobe. Now when she needs the paper again dose she just goto downloads and open it up? No she goes through the whole search process again. Even if the window with the document is just minimized she will end up going though the whole search process to download another copy. I showed her how to search for documents on her computer which helped but she was confused why documents from the "internet" showed up sometimes. Now the more shocking thing she is apparently one of the goto computer people at the elementary school where she teaches. Really this shouldn't be a shock to us anymore we have to realize that most people are very, very non-technical and easily confused. These features are designed for them, so they don't have to figure out which search box to use. Especially when you realize we are likely to be storing more stuff in the cloud because it's more available and reliable (how many redundant offsite-backups do you have of your data?), these features make sense. There are issues about how they are communicated so people aren't surprised but I feel these are reasonable attempts to improve a product.