On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 01:09 +0200, Kristoffer Lundén wrote: > "The traditional way of organizing bookmarks is too complicated for > average users. Assigning topics to bookmarks instead of hierarchical > folders is more intuitive. This means a few differences to traditional > bookmarks systems:" > > The condescending words about average users aside, ... I agree, I'm pretty sure that was written by a non-English writer. Maybe we ought to re-phrase it. > I would like to > request an explanation on how this is more intiutive and furthermore, > what benefits it gives. The simplistic behaviour of picking *one* > folder and sticking your data in it seems to be the most intiutive to > me. There isn't much to be confused about then. Until you forget the folder.... > I can get pretty annoyed in for instance gmail when the only way to > say that a mail is from my school, and about the education in general, > and another mail is also from my school but about a certain class - is > to mark up with several labels, or create separate labels for all > these cases. Actually, I have to create completely separate labels, > because the quick-links only allow to select one label at the time. Little do you know, you've just precisely described why hierarchies *don't* work. At the top of "gmail" is a little text box. It does a Google search of all your mail. I suggest you get the hang of it: it's what sets gmail apart. It really does work, perfectly, and it's *all* you need. What's faster: typing a few words into a text box and finding your email right away, or navigating a deep hierarchy and possibly getting lost? Instead of using all those labels in gmail, try this: just don't use any. I'll bet hard cash you'll lose less emails using that search box than you would filing emails by hand. We're all human, and I think many of us have a tendency to want to know where every email or bookmark is. It can be a bit tricky to let go, but there comes a point when the simple truth comes through: ***computers can organize information better than a human being*** Epiphany's bookmarks are meant to be found via the location bar; Google's emails are meant to be found via that little search box. You're free to *try* with other methods, but-- well, you'll just waste your own time. (This email is more in praise of gmail than of Epiphany's bookmarks system; unfortunately, people must manage Topics in Epiphany by hand; it'd be nice if we could obliterate that step: maybe using libbeagle....) -- Adam Hooper <adamh densi com>
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