Re: Tag Filtering Logic (AND/OR/Combo)

["Bengt Thuree" <bengt thuree com>]

Just read Phil's reply, and I must say now I am a bit hesitant :)

I can really see the need for AND (to get a nice family shot for
instance), but also the need for OR (for all pictures with a family member
in it).

A proper search engine would be highly appreciated...

/Bengt

<citat vem="Bengt Thuree">
> Hej
>
> I concur.
> Or within a category and then And them with other categories.
> As default, then we can always have a special find/search window with more
> sofisticated search/tag pattern
>
> /Bengt
> <citat vem="Gabriel Burt">
>> The following is a comment on bug
>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139796 I posted a while ago. I
>> would like to see this issue discussed more. I'd of course like to
>> implement what I've outlined below. :)
>>
>> My instinct was to OR the selected tags within a category, then AND them
>> with the OR'd selected tags of other categories.
>>
>> For exmaple, you have
>> Places
>>  - Kansas
>>  - New York
>>  - Illinois
>>
>> People
>>  - Me
>>  - Larry
>>  - Luis
>>
>> You could see pictures of (Larry or me) in (New York or Illinois).
>>
>> I understand users could intend (Larry and me) in (New York) ... but
>> allowing
>> that and the above example would entail significant changes to how these
>> filters
>> are selected.
>>
>> The first approach makes more sense to me, because you can OR tags of
>> any
>> type,
>> but ANDing will often not make sense (Places, Photographer, etc).
>>
>> The current approach of ORing all selected tags across all categories
>> seems the
>> worst of the options, since it has no ability to show pictures that
>> match
>> two or
>> more tags.
>>
>> Perhaps a long-term solution that could provide much greater flexiblity
>> would be
>> a text-entry where the user can write out what they want to see, as in
>> "Pictures
>> of Larry and Gabriel taken by Luis in New York or Illinois but not
>> Chicago."
>> With content-assisted popups and graphical goodies, of course. :)  Add
>> speach
>> recognition..and that's enough for one night.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gabriel Burt
>>
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