Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.8) OS: Linux Compare with MaPiVi (http://mapivi.sourceforge.net/mapivi.shtml , GNU GPL licence). With MaPiVi it is possible to search on IPTC-text, Search result is presented in a table with for example one columne for "thumbnail" and one columne for IPTC metadata and so on... So it easy to read IPTC-metadata for each photo without opening.
Johan, Following recents progress into new Advanced Search tools from Marcel with KDE4 port, i close this file. Search tools have been rewritten. Screenshots are available at this url: http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/NewSearchTools Gilles Caulier