Re: [Tracker] Tracker Tags in Nautilus/Files

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 05/11/14 18:43, Debarshi Ray wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 02:41:29PM +0100, mlo wrote:
> > What I really miss is a seamless integration with gnome files (aka
> > nautilus).
> >
> > I would very much like to browse my files by tag-cloud or tag-hierarchy.
> > I would love to have my tags handy in the file-browser so that I can
> > attach tags to files on ths fly.
>
> The nautilus extension is not a very good fit for the way people are
> thinking about search and content in GNOME.
>
> The idea is to have a bunch of content applications, that are an
> alternative to nautilus, for users who don't want to deal with the
> hierarchical UNIX filesystem - gnome-documents, gnome-photos,
> gnome-music and totem. All these applications end up using tracker -
> either by making direct SPARQL queries or via Grilo.
>
> Needless to say, these applications are very new [2], and much work
> needs to be done to build a working alternative to the file manager.
>
> Therefore, I don't think it makes much sense to have tags and tag
> clouds in nautilus [1]. Instead they are a better fit for these new breed
> of applications.

I personally think tagging is a personal choice and not a UX design 
choice. I use it occasionally but mainly for certain media, like images.

We also have a tagging extension for Nautilus which is different to the 
code Debarshi wrote for searching, but it should at least find content 
based on tags too.

I have a branch I have started (locally) to clean up the Nautilus 
extension a bit - because there is a bug related to it and it's quite 
inefficient in places right now. It is also not async in a few other 
places - which my branch addresses.

I'm not sure when I get time to complete the branch though.

> > Unfortunately I could not find a source to download and install this
> > plugin. (Please don't tell me I have to self-compile gnome ;-)
> > Maybe a hint in that direction could already meet my needs?
>
> The source code is here:
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/tracker/tree/src/plugins/nautilus

Yea, that's the tagging widget. I think it needs some love, people have 
said they don't know how to use it or even what it's all about.

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Regards,
Martyn

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