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I don't think changing the way we structure our files is that bad an idea, although the iOS version of it isn't really great. Folders are basically a way of gro
by LinXitoW 14y ago
I don't think changing the way we structure our files is that bad an idea, although the iOS version of it isn't really great. Folders are basically a way of grouping files of a similar topic/concern together. Files can belong to many topics/concerns, but they can only belong to one folder. I'd really love it if we evolved the folder concept to a concept of tags, where the organization is very fluid and dynamic.
Example(example folder structures):
* I could put an anime movie file under /Media/Video/Movies/Anime or /Media/Video/Anime/Movies
* Same for an anime tv show: /Media/Video/shows/Anime or /Media/Video/Anime/shows
If i could tag the anime movie as "Movie" and as "Anime", i could just pick and choose which way i want to view it:
* All movies?
* All anime movies?
* All anime?
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoGoogle Docs used to do this. Folders weren't really folders, they were tags, and it was horribly confusing.
- jonhendry 14y agoI could see that being confusing. If something appears in two tag-folders, is it because it has both tags, or because it is two different versions or copies, with different tags?
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoExactly.
- yaix 14y agoWhen GDocs did that, people didn't get it and G switched it to be "one tag per item" aka folders.
- jpalomaki 14y agoOr maybe they realized that implementing Google Drive would be quite challenging with tags instead of folders.