Hello all, I have been 'playing' a little more with Tags and, aside of what I already wrote in thread 'About Tags' starting with <mid:1275517963.20120423111...@gmail.com>, this is what I think about Tags. I'll try to be brief.
Pros: - The *only* advantage of Tags over Colour Groups I see is the fact that *multiple tags* can be assigned to a message, while you can only assign *one* colour group. Cons (at least in current implementation: - There is no way of creating or defining Tags (i.e. a list of tags) without assigning them to a message (the current selected message) when first created (Added). It should be possible to create Tags similarly to Colour Groups, View Modes, etc., without the need of using or assigning them at 'creation time'. - As it has been reported by others and myself, many times defined Tags do not appear on the RMB or Messages/Tags menu. - It looks like selecting the option '(none)' in above mentioned menu, does nothing. - There is no way of deleting Tags from the existing list. You can remove them from a message (or messages) but not *delete* them from the existing list. In a message of the thread mentioned above I said I had found a way of deleting them. It works, but it has some 'buts' and 'ifs'. There is a file named 'TagStat.TXT' in MAIL directory that lists all Tags that have been defined or created. Each tag shows some long numbers that I assume somehow refer to the message(s) that have that tag assigned. If you exit TB and open that file with a text editor, you may delete a Tag (line) or all of them. Or, if you want to delete all tags, you may just delete the file. BUT, that deleting method only works IF: a) The tag(s) you are deleting is(are) not currently assigned to any message. b) The tag(s) you are deleting is(are) not currently being used in the filter of any VF. I have not tried with filters in S.O., but I expect the same. If a) or b) are not true for any tags, TB will make them appear again in TagStat.TXT file, even re-creating it if it had been deleted. I don't know if there are any plans for further development of this Tags feature but, for me, and sorry to say so, the current implementation is neither useful nor usable. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v5.1.2 on Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 3 My photos at: http://www.Rancho-K.com My photoblog: http://mau.aminus3.com ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.1.0.3 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
