On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Wes Peters wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:03:15 -0500 > Kieren MacMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, all you BSD hackers! > > > > A major change to the "file-folder-desktop" metaphor is long overdue, > > and it seems to me that FreeBSD -- with Mac OS X as a large and growing > > "child" -- is the perfect place to start the revolution... ;-) > > > > If anyone has seen Scopeware (<http://www.scopeware.com>), you'll know > > the kind of thing I'm thinking of: a universal indexing system where > > *any* file of *any* type in *any* location would be cross-referenced > > (using metadata as well as content where possible) in one or more > > "filters" or "streams". hmmm system-38/AS-400? > > Oddly enough, Evolution supports this concept for email. In addition to the usual >support for mail folders and such, it has a virtual folder concept that allows you to >group and view emails by sort/search criteria such as header contents. It's quite >powerful; I use it for reviewing FreeBSD CVS commit messages and such quickly. > > Do you envision this as an actual new filesystem, or strictly as a user > interface 'view' onto the filesystem? A filesystem with extensible > attributes might be a good companion to such a system, where you can tag > a file with one or more attributes, then sort and view the files by attribute. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://softweyr.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
