On 5/2/07, BSAG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 May 2007, at 16:36, Luis Villa wrote: > > > On 5/2/07, Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Looks like a challenge has been issued: > > > > .... > > > >> Entries will be judged by Joyent. The criteria for "best port" is a > >> combination of "ah-hah!", "wow", "nice", "joyous", "utility", > >> "functionality", "originality", "drag and drop", "user experience". > > > > The drag-and-drop bit would flip me out completely. The ability to > > trivially associate (and presumably later open) a local file with an > > action would be incredibly, incredibly useful. At that point, in > > combination with a tickler, I could practically ditch my file manager > > altogether :) > > I'm not quite sure how dropping files would work. You could either > store the file path on the local machine, but then that would break > if you accessed it from another machine on the server. But I agree, > it would be really cool.
Two options pop to mind: * actually upload the file to the 'local' tool (presumably joyeur has some functionality for this) and then sync to the server; download then looks like downloading any other file from the web. Plus: machine/location independent, which would be incredibly awesome. Downside: presumably lots more bandwidth/disk demands; have to remember to upload the file back up to Tracks once you are done working with it; potentially difficult to do in joyeur. * just use a 'file:///' path. Pro: simple, never have to worry about re-uploading files, reliable (if you only use one machine per action (per context?)). Con: pretty useless if you have to use the file from more than one machine. I think the utility of the 'file:///' approach probably has a lot to do with how people work- I'm guessing that for most people, each PC they use Tracks with maps cleanly to one context (i.e., things in the work context get done on the office PC; things in the home context get done on the home machine, etc.). But that is just a guess, and still limits you whenever you need to switch machines for some reason. Note that this isn't any *worse* than the current no-files-at-all situation, so maybe it makes sense as an intermediate step, but still, not ideal. I'm sort of joking about replacing my file manager, but sort of not- if people can replace all their traditional paper files with GTD-style filing systems, no reason why Tracks couldn't become the primary interface to all the non-media files on my PC if the technical/design details can be worked out. Luis _______________________________________________ Tracks-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rousette.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/tracks-discuss
