On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TV> [2]: http://iki.fi/tuomov/b/archives/2006/03/01/T17_55_20/ After reading this, I think users will complain bitterly when they can't just tag two things the same way. So the system needs to have an easy way to say: "OK, this file is exactly like the other one, except for one thing. What is it?" Then the original file and the new one can both have their tag set extended, with the original set of tags becoming a "directory-level" tag set. You probably also want to consider backups as a special case of tagging transparent to the user; this has good and bad implications. As with any powerful metadata system, the scary thing is that if the metadata is corrupted, the system will be in bad shape. I think this is an exciting research path. Hans Reiser was talking about plugins for the next version of ReiserFS that will almost certainly do what you want, but depending on a particular FS is of course dangerous. I am eager to find out more about your plans. >> UI oriented? TV> I hate writing UIs. After years of doing text and GUI work, I'm convinced that the best UI is the simplest one. Thus, people who hate writing UIs should probably be doing it, because you can rely on them to do their best to simplify the UI :) I think Ion is actually a reflection of the truth of this statement. The simplicity of Ion's UI is why I love it. Ted
