Fair enough, Owen. Thanks for taking the time for posting such a detailed reply.
On Nov 27, 5:38 pm, Owen Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy C wrote: > > OK. While I have no doubt that a clever Habari developer will identify > > the root cause in due course and fix it, it does seem a little > > perverse that Tag support has been moved from core to a plugin. > > Tag support hasn't been removed. It's still there. There is a field to > enter tags just like there has always been, tag data is retained, and > tag output hasn't changed at all. > > > Firstly, unless it's included as a core plugin OOTB (which rather > > defeats the object), I think this omission gives a poor impression to > > a brand new user evaluating Habari: 'What - you mean I have to > > [optionally download - even worse] activate a plugin just to use a > > core, standard OOTB blogging feature ?' > > A brand new user isn't going to know that this feature is absent, > because they will never have seen it. > > > Also, I would have expected people affected by this particular problem > > (those with a significant number of tags) presumably will still want > > to use tags and hence will use the plugin and be back precisely where > > they started. > > The trick is that the usability of the tag drawer diminishes in > proportion to the performance. The more tags that are in the drawer, > the slower it goes, and the harder it is to use. > > Anything that improves the performance of the drawer would necessarily > change its functionality to not display all of the tags, which is > exactly why people who want that functionality want it. > > I think it will be responsible to replace this functionality in core > with something that is less resource intensive, but provides similar > utility, such as the mentioned autocomplete. > > But for the time being, between releases mind you, removing the drawer > allows the publish page to perform at a reasonable level, and gets > people to start thinking more about a real answer. It also provides the > opportunity for people interested in revising the existing functionality > to do so in via the plugin in the -extras repository. > > Also keep in mind that the tag system will be changing soon. We'll be > implementing taxonomy. The data structures are in place already. We'll > need a different interface to interact with that data. > > Owen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
