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This is one of these ideas that always float around. Files should be located by tags, not folders. Or file systems should be relational databases or file system
by d--b 5y ago
This is one of these ideas that always float around. Files should be located by tags, not folders. Or file systems should be relational databases or file systems shouldn’t exist at all, etc.
But the fact is people are used to files and folders. Tools are built upon files and folders so changing everything is extremely difficult.
Plus all the tools that have tried to do things differently proved to be a pain:
1. Gmail tags: does anyone use the tag any diffrently from folder/file. Having multiple tags on an email means it’ll show up everywhere
2. Iphones didn’t have files, but it was so inconvenient it was added back
3. Microsoft relational file system was never released (i think)
- kevincox 5y agoFor GMail I often used "non-folder tags" for example I would tag emails based on the to address and they were clearly marked in my inbox. Or I would tag certian types of emails so that I can review them later. For example SMS would be tagged, but I would read them in my inbox. I just really wish GMail archiving was a tag. For example I get my video subscriptions into a tag called "Videos" but when I am done I remove the tag and that info was lost. It would be nice if Archiving was just adding an "Archived" tag and it was excluded from tag views by default. That way archiving doesn't forget all the tags. The only workaround I am aware of is making two tags for everything like Videos and Videos-Archive. Apply both in filters then just remove one once you are "done" with them. Folders have the same problem. Of course trash systems work around this by explicitly recording the original location.