Re: Wish: smart collections by type

John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08-05-22 09.35 But from what I see so far, as a very new person here, it appears that the developers have a very definite mind of their own as to what YJ should do, and/or, not do. Maybe I'm wrong, but they don't seem to pay much attention to the desires of their use

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:35 PM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll 3'rd that... > > It would be great. > > But from what I see so far, as a very new person here, it appears that the > developers have a very definite mind of their own as to what YJ should do, > and/or, not do. Maybe I'm wrong,

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

ote: It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think it would be pretty straightforward as YJ already has that info for each entry in it's database. --

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

On May 19, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Phil Emery wrote: Kind of The same thing, just with more options What specifically, are you looking for? With one exception, there are already built in smart collections for all the Yojimbo item types. (The exception is that both PDF and Web Archives are

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

I vote for it as well. On May 20, 2008, at 9:25 AM, John wrote: I vote for that feature. On May 19, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Phil Emery wrote: It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think it would be pretty straight

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

I vote for that feature. On May 19, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Phil Emery wrote: It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think it would be pretty straightforward as YJ already has that info for each entry in it&

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

Kind of The same thing, just with more options thanks! On 19-May-08, at 4:26 PM, Rich Siegel wrote: On 5/19/08 at 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Emery) wrote: It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think i

Re: Wish: smart collections by type

On 5/19/08 at 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Emery) wrote: It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think it would be pretty straightforward as YJ already has that info for each entry in it's database. The

Wish: smart collections by type

It would be cool if one could make smart collections by "type" (say just PDFs, or just docs, etc) . I would think it would be pretty straightforward as YJ already has that info for each entry in it's database. --

Re: Tag Collections not treated the same as 'regular' Collections

I like this idea alot. > I think that it would be natural to expect either that if you drag an item > into a tag collection, it would be automatically tagged as to fit in that > collection. -- -- This message is sent to you because y

Re: Tag Collections not treated the same as 'regular' Collections (was: The Real Issue With Nested Folders and Multiple Databases.)

On 5 May 2008, at 16:45, Bill Rowe wrote: What would happen if the tag collection had several tags associated with it? Would you assign all of the available tags to an item dragged to that collection? That's exactly what I'd expect it to do, I don't see what the problem is. For example, I

Re: Tag Collections not treated the same as 'regular' Collections (was: The Real Issue With Nested Folders and Multiple Databases.)

Bill - good question and the answer becomes more complex as our ability to search on tags becomes more complex. A tag collection with one tag item or a multiple search involving AND it would be pretty easy to alert the user to the definition and offer to append the collection tags, change

Re: Tag Collections not treated the same as 'regular' Collections (was: The Real Issue With Nested Folders and Multiple Databases.)

On 5/5/08 at 7:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paulo Diniz) wrote: I think that it would be natural to expect either that if you drag an item into a tag collection, it would be automatically tagged as to fit in that collection. What would happen if the tag collection had several tags associated wit

Tag Collections not treated the same as 'regular' Collections (was: The Real Issue With Nested Folders and Multiple Databases.)

I forgot to say, one thing that bothers me a bit in Yojimbo is that Tag Collections are not treated the same way as 'regular' Collections, in the sense that you can't drag and drop stuff into a Tag Collecion as you can do with a regular Collection. I think that it would be na

Re: Nested collections?

John Sturgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sez: >I've searched the archives, but I cannot find anything addressing >this. I'm currently evaluating yojimbo, and I was wondering if it was >possible to create nested collections. Seems that if the left hand >section stays fl

Nested collections?

I've searched the archives, but I cannot find anything addressing this. I'm currently evaluating yojimbo, and I was wondering if it was possible to create nested collections. Seems that if the left hand section stays flat, that it can get unwieldy pretty quickly -- Joh

feature request: show collections that an item belongs to

In Yojimbo I can see what collections an item is in with the inspector (but this doesn't work for smart collections or built-in collections). It would be nice if Yojimbo implemented the behavior (or something similar) that Address Book uses for collections: pressing the option key will high

Re: feature request: quickly show collections to which an item belongs

Jim, Thanks. I realize that Command-I is the shortcut for Italic but in the main navigation window of Yojimbo, I don't think of Yojimbo as an "application which supports styled text editing", I think of Yojimbo as a Finder or file browser. I have a bunch of items in a list with informati

Re: feature request: quickly show collections to which an item belongs

On Oct 29, 2007, at 10:08 PM, Rhet Turnbull wrote: It would also be nice for Command-I to open the Inspector when in the main view of Yojimbo. Command-I is the keyboard shortcut for "Italic" in the Font Style menu, as is customary for applications which support styled text editing. You

feature request: quickly show collections to which an item belongs

Here's a feature request...it would be nice to quickly see what collections an item belongs to similar to the way that pressing Option in Address Book does. It is possible within Yojimbo to use Show Inspector-->Collections to see this but it would be really neat to simply hol

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

gt; Smart Collections > Serial Numbers means that you can add/delete a folder? Normally, a checkmark is used for an option, such as "Bold" on or off and not for a folder "here or not here". Typically, such commands are under the "New/Open/Close/Delete" divisions

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

On Jul 22, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Jan Pieter Kunst wrote: The checkmarks on or off for the Smart Collections mean 'Show' or 'Hide', as I see it, not 'New' or 'Delete'. To me the checkmarks are perfectly appropriate, they denote the options of showing or hidi

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

2007/7/22, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: For example, where in the Mac user interface guidelines is it suggested that: View > Smart Collections > Serial Numbers means that you can add/delete a folder? Normally, a checkmark is used for an option, such as "Bold" on or off and

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

At 1:42 PM +0100 7/22/07, Richard Wayman wrote: Um, at the risk of sounding patronising, how about: View > Smart Collections > Serial Numbers View > Smart Collections > Passwords Looking through the menus takes less time than posting to the list... Rich Rich: Exactly -- so w

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

Um, at the risk of sounding patronising, how about: View > Smart Collections > Serial Numbers View > Smart Collections > Passwords Looking through the menus takes less time than posting to the list... Rich On 22 Jul 2007, at 1:39pm, tedd wrote: At 6:20 PM +0200 7/21/07, Jan

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

At 6:20 PM +0200 7/21/07, Jan Erik Moström wrote: tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07-07-21 11:38 How do you remove default Collections, such as "Serial Numbers" and "Passwords" -- I never use them and they just take up Collection space. Select which ones you want to show

Re: How do you remove default Collections?

tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07-07-21 11:38 How do you remove default Collections, such as "Serial Numbers" and "Passwords" -- I never use them and they just take up Collection space. Select which ones you want to show using the "cog wheel" at the botto

How do you remove default Collections?

Hi: How do you remove default Collections, such as "Serial Numbers" and "Passwords" -- I never use them and they just take up Collection space. Thanks, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com ht

Re: Tag collections with optional tags

Hi folks, I agree that this would be a great feature! Another (interim) solution-- use two-word tags, e.g. Oracle DB MYSQL DB Postgres DB Then when you search for DB, all of the above come up. Take care, Raj On 6/14/07, Jim DeVona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I do for similar situati

Re: Tag collections with optional tags

Hello Jim, On 6/14/07, Jim DeVona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I do for similar situations is use generic secondary tags, such as 'db' for database in your case, that I apply to items in addition to the more specific tag, and then set up a tag collection for 'db'. hehe, my tag is called 'd

Re: Tag collections with optional tags

If it was possible to use boolean terms in the tag collection definitions, that would be pretty handy. Then you could say to collect items tagged with "'oracle' or 'postgres' or 'mysql' or 'dba'", etc. What I do for similar situations is use generic secondary tags, such as 'db' for database in yo

Tag collections with optional tags

Hello, I have been wondering if there is a way to create a tag collection with tags that are possible but not necessary. I've been thinking of a 'database' collection for tags like 'oracle', 'postgres', 'mysql', 'dba' and others. So it would be possible to combine notes which don't have to have a

Re: User-Created Smart Collections?

On 6/12/07 at 6:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Conrad Albrecht-Buehler) wrote: I'm fairly new to Yojimbo, but I've read through the FAQ and I've searched the mailing list archives and couldn't find mention of this: Can users create their Smart Collections based on other

User-Created Smart Collections?

I'm fairly new to Yojimbo, but I've read through the FAQ and I've searched the mailing list archives and couldn't find mention of this: Can users create their Smart Collections based on other search criteria? Tag Collections require me to tag the files, but I'd like to

collections

how many tag collections/collections do other users have? I've been looking at these answers with interest, because my use of collections hasn't been very practical. I have three tag collections and five collections -- which I VERY rarely use. I usually find items by searching for N

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

Niels Kobschätzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07-05-24 22:41 Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag-colle

Re: Folders/Tag-collections and workflows

On May 26, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Kenneth Kirksey wrote: On May 26, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Jason Davies wrote: I read academic articles in Acrobat (and mark them up with annotations). Have you looked at Skim? I used to use Acrobat for annotations, but I've foun

Re: Folders/Tag-collections and workflows

On May 26, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Jason Davies wrote: I read academic articles in Acrobat (and mark them up with annotations). Have you looked at Skim? I used to use Acrobat for annotations, but I've found Skim to be better. It's a much leaner application,

Re: Folders/Tag-collections and workflows

I've cracked it. I read academic articles in Acrobat (and mark them up with annotations). Then I load them into Yojimbo, tagged lightly. Then I get the 'link item' from Edit menu (stroke of genius) and drop that into BibDesk or Voodoopad for more organised retrieval. That way I get the best o

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

) the ability to, say, separate work related collections from leisure related ones would be handy. It's mainly about tidying up that sidebar and making it more effective, not building some kind of pseudo-hierarchy. T. -- --

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

do you get off selling me a hammer that doesn't do everything I want it to do! I have to admit, I find the allusion apt! I currently have 9 tag collections and 809 items in my library. I use Yojimbo to manage all sorts of loosely related odds and ends, but I use folders (in the Finder) to or

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

On May 25, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Luis Roca - Popular Interactive wrote: The way I have my collections set up is identical to David Allen's method for general filing. The collections are labeled A - Z with only the library showing otherwise. When I search for something I know it can only

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

The way I have my collections set up is identical to David Allen's method for general filing. The collections are labeled A - Z with only the library showing otherwise. When I search for something I know it can only be in a few places alphabetically and then I can sort according to tags, l

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

All very amusing, but not a fair analogy in any way… This is not a request for a new or wildly unrelated feature, I already use YJ for browsing, it forms the majority of the way I use it and it does so pretty well. Features such as collections and tag- collections exist already and have

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

have been along the lines of "Well I can find what I'm looking for amongst my 200 Bajillion items in moments - and, look Ma, no collections, ain't I grand". Well, great for you, but there are other ways of reviewing data than knowing what you want and extracting it with aplom

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

Some of the comments in this thread have been along the lines of "Well I can find what I'm looking for amongst my 200 Bajillion items in moments - and, look Ma, no collections, ain't I grand". Well, great for you, but there are other ways of reviewing data than knowi

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

, the less I know... -Rob On May 24, 2007, at 6:48 PM, infrahile wrote: At the risk of repeating earlier posts, wanting to group your collections does not imply a yearning for hierarchy or that you don't know how to tag & search effectively, it's just a very useful compliment t

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

Some of the comments in this thread have been along the lines of "Well I can find what I'm looking for amongst my 200 Bajillion items in moments - and, look Ma, no collections, ain't I grand". Well, great for you, but there are other ways of reviewing data than knowi

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

I currently have 23 tag collections, 2 regular collections, and 5319 items. All my collections (tagged and regular) are temporary with some deleted and new ones created on a weekly basis. That's what I really like about the tagging system: with everything tagged, I can just create/d

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

i want to doŠ like a >search which gives me any combination of japan, china and economics, At present, compound searching isn't on the feature horizon, although as we've previously mentioned, smart collections, once available, will allow gathering items in this fashion. Regar

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels Kobschätzki) wrote on 5/24/07: Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have 17000+ items. I have 8 collections at the moment and no tag collections. Some of my collections are temporary such as for the duration of a project

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

>On May 24, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: > >> Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does >> other users have (especially the developers would be interesting >> because they are so against having a structure through folders or >>

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

On May 24, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

On May 24, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Steve Kalkwarf wrote: Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

On May 24, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag

Re: Folders/Tag-collections

Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag-collections). I have 4 regular collections, and 4 tag

Folders/Tag-collections

Hi! Only being curious but how many tag collections/collections does other users have (especially the developers would be interesting because they are so against having a structure through folders or smart tag-collections in smart tag-collections). I have right now 25 and switched off

Tags, Labels and Collections

I am a new user of Yojimbo and find it a quick and easy way to collect information. I have spent a lot of time on data organization without any real breakthrough. I would be most grateful to read how others use Tags, Labels and Collections to advantage. Regards, Peter Evans Brigadier Peter

Re: Feature Request: Nested Tag Collections

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Re: Feature Request: or-condition in Tag collections

Niels Kobschätzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sez: >Right now tag-collections only have an "and"-condition ("matches all >of these tags"), I'd like to see an "or"-condition ("can match any of >these tags"). > As we've mentioned before

Feature Request: or-condition in Tag collections

Hi! Right now tag-collections only have an "and"-condition ("matches all of these tags"), I'd like to see an "or"-condition ("can match any of these tags"). Niels -- Jammern für Anfänger: Niels K. (25) Jammerbacke -- auch

Feature Request: Nested Tag Collections

Hi! I know that the Yojimbo-team seems to not want to have nested folders because search better than sort. But I'd really like to "nested tag collections". E.g. I have a lot of items with the tag "japan". Now I'd like to have sub-tag-collections with in that