Comment 28 for bug 691380

Honestly, what you guys had in versions prior to 3.1 was awesome. It worked as expected and did what I needed it to do. Now I type something in that new top search bar and it opens a new tab and then if I want to change the query, I need to close the tab, retype it, click here and there - it's just really kludgy. So, the top search box is essentially useless.

Then there's the second search bar that wastes space and keystrokes. 90% of the time I'm searching the subject and the sender, which was the default for my inbox. When I search sent, I believe it would remember that I wanted to search the recipient instead - this was awesome. I type and get a listing of what I want - voila. I change the query, it updates the results. Hit the X, I get my full listing back. Works just as expected and it's unobtrusive.

The previous setup was extremely effective and fast, and didn't waste real-estate - exactly what I needed it to do. I'm not sure why you guys changed the functionality because you hit the nail on the head with the previous version. I might try and figure out how to downgrade to the previous version as I use that search box *all* the time and the new one is unusable.