On 4/13/07, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While we have some discussion regarding object manager and file > > manager, > > I propose the idea of "archive" object, similar to what GMail has. > > File manager is what users can manage its own stuff. > > If we want to manager stuff in our own way, we can add a function > > "Archive". > > Once an file is archived, it will show up in our object manager > > and any other place when appropriate. > > In that case, we won't force users to use our manager. > > But if they choose to with "Archive", they will take advantage of > > Etoile. > > I wasn't in the discussion, but it seems to me that we don't want a > file manager. Managing documents using a traditional hierarchical > system is particularly restrictive, as we want to be able to have > documents appear in multiple "folders" based on tags or other search > criteria. If we had a traditional file manager, it would likely have > to be a flat object space. Since we don't want users sifting through > a flat folder of thousands of files, something like the Sieve > (incorporating tagging, grouping and filtering) that was proposed > seems a more scalable solution. > > If I'm missing something, or if there was an unavoidable reason to > have a file manager that was brought up, let me know. >
I was referring to previous several discussion, not a particular one. One thing which I concern is that we always have some "objects" on hand which we haven't organize or tag, for example, a video received from a friend or a mail attachment from the boss. They scatter on the desktop for a while until we decide where to put it. This kind objects usually are recognized by our visual at a particular place of the desktop. If they are organized automatically, the chance to find it is small. That is why I propose an "Archive" action. It is like an automatic organization of objects instead of creating folder in regular file manager. Once it is "archived", you can use object manager to deal with it. "Unarchived" object can be managed or gathered in a particular place. That is something we can discuss. But a good point is that visual is important for such "unarchived" objects. Yen-Ju > > J. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss > _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
