On 6/19/06, Joshua Schachter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general, a very small slice of user traffic makes use of > intersections. I suspect that more complicated queries would be even > less used.
I don't know that this kind of extrapolation is particularly valid or relevant. Of course most of the direct (tag based) browsing will be simply of individual tags-- just like most searches are simple terms. The real question is how much less NOT or OR would be used than any other complex search. It might not be as small a group as you think. I suspect it would be used more as people started using del.icio.us as the base for other systems, group tagging, etc. I very rarely feel stymied at the missing functions when I am using del.icio.us personally and directly, but it is a direct impediment to using that data for other group/organization uses, as well as feeding other resources. In those cases I simply don't use del.icio.us at all. Of course the same can be said for the limitations on non-API feeds, making truly productive group shared-tagging applications (sans sharing accounts) severely limited in a way not felt at all outisde that context. In both cases the potentual use and audience is hard to judge because it isn't just a subset of current users that must be considered, but a bunch of previously impossible/impractical uses! I know del,icio.us has to walk a line in implementation (and have argued here before when it comes to keeping other features out/hidden), so don't take this as criticism, simply observation. c -- Chris Lott ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/IHFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ydn-delicious/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
