Comment 19 for bug 1666681

Hi all,

I also just migrated 1 or 2 months ago to 17.10 (because of EOL) and it's horrible.
I'm using Ubuntu mainly for work, so this change impacts my workflow quite heavily. Of course privately too.
If you don't change the default behaviour, then you will face freezes.
Most of my folders contain 100 and more subfolders and in some of them there are thousands of files.
Many projects like those of Android Studio etc. contain ten-thousands of files.
Just press a key by accident and nautilus freezes for 10 minutes and longer.

To prevent that one has to switch of recursive search and full text search.

By the heavens! This can't be the default behaviour!!!

With the old behaviour, you can jump to where ever you need to. If all folders have a unique first letter, then navigation is done with one key press.
Now, you still need to navigate through the results. Come on guys, "efficiency" is something different!
This works even in Windows, why not in Nautilus?

Btw.: I just tested the live CD of 18.04. The issue is not fixed.

Just having the option to choose the behaviour would be fine. No need to abandon one for the other.