ALL EVERYONE MISSED THE DETAILS. Recall the beta version of Mac OS X in 2000. The Finder window had search box on the top right of the window which disappeared untill Panther. The point being Apple already wanted to incorporate search but had to wait until it was possible to do so (my guess is since the OS was under development search had to wait after it was compelte).
Microsoft is also copying the display of the search results (grouped instead of flat list) AND multiple search criteria user interface is directly being copied from Mac OS. See the search result screenshot on Paul Stupid Thurott's site.
by Dan P. — May 18
Microsoft is also copying the display of the search results (grouped instead of flat list) AND multiple search criteria user interface is directly being copied from Mac OS. See the search result screenshot on Paul Stupid Thurott's site.