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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 128533] Why nested tags? What about freeform/freestyle tagging?
From:       Dragan Espenschied <drx () a-blast ! org>
Date:       2007-01-14 18:15:11
Message-ID: 20070114181511.1540.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From drx a-blast org  2007-01-14 19:15 -------
Hi Tim,

in my original "bug report" i complained about the nested tagging because at the \
moment it is the only tagging there is. Of course the damage is already done and \
people have keyworded or tagged their pictures with nested tags. It is understandable \
that you do not want to lose your elaborate organization that you made with the \
current system.

Still, nested tags are not needed, because tags "auto-nest", given a reasonable \
interface. If your frog just has one tag "kermit" that is nested in "frog" what again \
is nested in "amphibians", your frog has actually three tags. If all of them are \
displayed under the picture after you navigated in from the other way ("amphibians" \
-> "frogs" -> "kermit") is a matter of interface design. But nesting doesn't save \
from "clutter" per se and flat tags don't create it. -- Maybe digiKam calls for a \
good order because it is so difficult to assign and create a new tag that you really \
think thrice before doing it.

Also, spaces in tags are not bound to nested tags, tags could also be separated with \
commas or semicolons or whatever. (Yes, underscores are not looking good.)

Finally, the interface how it is now doesn't really allow me to "ignore" the nested \
tags, because it is so much optimized for nesting. Tags have huge icons next to them, \
which doesn't allow me to use as many tags as i would need to have the required \
"rhizomatic" order. There is just no screenspace! Also, the process of creating a new \
tag is as clumsy as creating a new folder on the desktop and making symlinks from one \
picture into several folders. (This is more or less what the nested tags are \
simulating in spirit.) This disallows the now so popular tagging techniques.

Best greetings,
drx


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