ma, 2006-03-06 kello 08:18 +1100, Peter Harvey kirjoitti: > We struggled enough as it is with > the topic entry for the next Epiphany release, so I'd like to see > applications work together on this. Even if they don't standardise on a > single user interface, they should at least standardise on some > behaviours. :)
It would be great if you could find something that other projects would agree on. > For example, Matthew once mentioned that topics should be created > automatically from what the user types, whereas I argue they should need > an explicit "create new topic" action. Looking at my definitions I can > agree that tags should operate as Matthew suggested, but still think > topics should operate how I suggested. I actually spent some time looking for the "create new topic" button :-) I'm sorry if you have already said this and I missed it, but I suppose a topic could be same as a tag (or one of the tags)? > The end result is that tags can be used for exploring when you don't > know what you're looking for exactly, and topics are used for navigating > when you do. Would you have two interfaces for navigating (or have them combined somehow)? I was just thinking today while I was searching for a bookmark/topic I knew I had somewere, that it would be good if one was able to use both the hierarchial structure and the tags/keywords. The idea came propably from one of your posts. Do you have a tree structure in mind when you talk about topics here. By definition, if there's a label that clearly comes to your mind first when you think of an object, then there's no reason not to put it in a tree structure, as the main problem with tree structures is that some objects could be placed into two or more branches. Perhaps you could have a tree structure for some of the objects and have tags for them all. Ari _______________________________________________ epiphany-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/epiphany-list
