Re: Tag search for all / any tags

[Anders Bo Rasmussen <fuzz fuzz dk>]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 09:53:21AM -0400, Warren Baird wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 05/10/06, Warren Baird <photogeekmtl gmail com> wrote:
> >> It seems like a hybrid solution might be best -  default to AND between
> >> top level categories and OR within them, but provide a relatively easy
> >> way to switch that default on the fly (modifier key, RMB menu, something
> >> like that)
> > 
> > This sounds backwards. I think that you meant OR between top level
> > categories, and AND within them.
> 
> I don't think so - I'm pretty sure AND between and OR within is what 
> I've heard discussed here before - and it makes more sense to me 
> intuitively.   If I select "San Francsico" in "Places" and "Butterflies" 
> and "Flowers" in "Things".   I think it's more likely that I'd want to 
> see all pictures of "Butterflies or flowers taken in San Francisco", or 
> "San Francisco AND (Butterflies or Flowers)".
> 
> Or am I missing something?

I think the program always should do the same no matter if the tags are in
the same group or not. Else the user will have a hard time figuring out
what the program actually do.