begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 11:52:58AM -0700: > Neil Schneider wrote: [snip] > > I hate the designation of "folder" btw, the proper name is directory. Folder > > is a Windows euphemism. There are no "folders" on my computers, all > > my folders are over in the file cabinet, where they belong. > > <heh> I have the same reaction to "folder".
Nah. It's a "drawer", of course. :) If we're using a metaphor of containment, we should use terms that *contain* things. Directories -- in RL -- are not containers. > .. But, I think the /virtual folder/ part does have a conceptual > strength in allowing your view of the information _organization_ to be > customized. Actually, not too far removed from symlinks, eh? I use mbox, not maildir, so when I want to refer to a collections of email, I will talk about "folders", not "directories". I suppose if I started using maildir, that might change. > For email, it strikes me that there is one unquestionably superior > indexing method (by receipt timestamp). Sender and subject (etc) are > great secondary indices, but I'd kinda like to be able to apply multiple > and time-varying ad-hoc tags to email messages. [snip] Superior for _what_? Timestamps suck. How do you find anything by timestamp? Sure, the computer loves it, and it provides a nice sort order, but I've rarely ever successfully found anything by _time_. -- Index by receiver, sender, and user-defined metadata/tags. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
