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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KListView, Dolphin and usability
From:       "Mark A. Taff" <marktaff () comcast ! net>
Date:       2007-02-14 20:08:16
Message-ID: 200702141208.16748.marktaff () comcast ! net
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On Wednesday 14 February 2007 09:42:48 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> fast tagging and filtering (based on those tags) might be a better way to
> achieve the same end goal.

The filtering in Konqi works for me for simple cases of this, but for more 
complex groupings, nothing beats dragging the files I want to an empty part 
of the window, and then after I have them all close, a quick drag-select and 
I'm in business.

Bottom line is I don't think simple tagging/filtering is going to be enough  
by themselves, mostly because it will be too slow ( I don't see how you can 
make text-tagging faster than click-drag?).

> a related possibility is stacking: defined drop zones where you can put
> icons into stacks; when a stack is selected (e.g. clicked on) it "expands"
> (hopefully with a cute animation) to show those icons primarily or even
> exclusively. this is a form of fast ad-hoc tagging using a non-textual
> interface.
> this seems a more powerful concept to me than moving icons into amorphous
> blobs on small (compared to, say, my real world desk) surfaces.

Now we're cooking with gas!  Call it a stack, bin, basket, cart, whatever.  
This is an improvement I would love too see.

Regards,

Mark
 
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