Hi Brian,
I like the mockups, particularly the idea of having an icon display
used to separate the different types. Possibly we could default to
something like that, and then allow the view to be split into sub-
views containing the per-type interfaces (possibly by dragging the
icon to a designated drop area?).
I imagine that our Object Sieve will have something like a column
view at the top displaying metadata categories and allowing the user
to select things from them. Ideally we want columns to be in pairs
(type then restriction, e.g. object type->equals person). I'm not
sure exactly how this should look, but I like the way the column view
grows to the right, allowing you to keep adding additional
refinements. Something like the predicate UI in OS X could work too,
possibly, but I'd rather have something that didn't require the
keyboard for simple selections.
David
P.S. I'm going to be (more or less) away from the Internet for the
next week. I'll try to check my email periodically though...
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