On 21.02.2012, at 10:16, Arthur Schiwon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 February 2012 10:04:49 Klaas Freitag wrote: >> On 20.02.2012 23:21, Tom Needham wrote: >>>> On 20.02.2012, at 22:11, Michael Gapczynski<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> However, I can also >>>> invision having the files from Dropbox and Google Docs showing up in the >>>> root of the filesystem with an indicator of their respective external >>>> locations. During the upload or file creation process the user would be >>>> presented with a choice of where to store the file. This feels more >>>> natural to me than a directory system and could prevent problems with >>>> locating files. >>> >>> I think that mounting all of the storage backends into the root folder >>> might even be easier for the end user, if we can make the ui work well. >>> If everything was mounted in folders /dropbox /google /ftp I think end >>> users would get confused where their files were actually being stored and >>> could loose track of things. >> Thats right, unexperienced users which we also like to see in ownCloud >> often do not understand the directory concept, especially not if they >> did not create the directory nor understand their name: One will >> understand a "Letters to Tina" folder way better than a suddenly >> appearing "FTP" directory. > > Agree Sure. But keep in mind that not everybody is using the webinterface. If a user using WebDAV, the Mobile Client or the Desktop Syncing Client the user has no idea where a file comes from or where it is physically stored. There is also no obvious way to move it around between different locations. If I mount my work ownCloud into my private ownCloud I would prefer to have this clearly separated and not mixed together. But perhaps thats only me :-) > >> >> Most users today have search centric behaviour, driven by google. Google >> does not have directories, you just searhch and find. Even if we store >> data in dirs and mount into directories (which we need for tech reasons >> I think) maybe we should think more in the direction of creating various >> views on the files structure. For example, an alternative to the current >> file-page of ownCloud could be a page with just a search field. If one >> enters "Tina" all files from the "Letters to Tina" dir are presented. > > I like this idea. In the end, wouldn't we follow the ideas of Nepomuk in a > certain way? Absolutely. Thats definitely the goal but we probably need a few more month for that :-) >>> Perhaps we could also enhance the idea of 'labelling' (or maybe better >>> 'tagging') of files to make it easier to search for files (much like >>> bookmarks). This would make it easy for example to show everything stored >>> on dropbox, or everything that you are sharing... >> Yes, tags are one of the search criteria often used. >> >>> It's certainly an interesting topic :) >> >> Yes, and one which is technically hard to tackle but one that really can >> make ownCloud even more exciting. >> >> Klaas >> _______________________________________________ >> Owncloud mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud Frank Karlitschek [email protected] _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
