Kind should not remain empty

Discussion related to "Everything" 1.5 Alpha.
Post Reply
Thy Grand Voidinesss
Posts: 691
Joined: Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:01 pm

Kind should not remain empty

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

If I am not mistaken, then a file extension that has no program association in Windows will not display in Everything's column of Kind anything

How is a user to know if lack of this data is legit / correct and not some issue with reading / indexing it?

Should not then inf utilize an empty set sign or something like "[NONE]" to indicate to user kind-less files?
void
Developer
Posts: 16775
Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:31 pm

Re: Kind should not remain empty

Post by void »

I will consider [NONE] or (None) or (Unknown) kinds.

Ideally, Everything will report the same Kind you see in Windows Explorer, which may include empty kinds.

Perhaps Everything needs a search modifier to distinguish between gathered and ungathered information.

Thank you for the suggestion.



To find empty kinds, include the following in your search:

exact:kind:""
Post Reply