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Roger, I still have ‘the’ problem.

I have a huge problem with file management :(

Hierarchies are too hard to set up and even harder to maintain. Hierarchy is a classification structure comprised of fixed parent-child relationships. Tagsomonies, tagging is unnatural more over today the mechanism of taging turns me down. ( Is there any tagging software for files on windows? )

  • I find heirarchies insufficient! and tough to stick to.
  • Tree maps tough to read and navigate.
  • Trees to Piles of Leaves not happening !!

    • I developed “viewport”- an alternative for windows explorer, attempting to fix file management problems, with tools and displaying usage patters, visual cues to get to your file on a treemap. ( viewport is a concept/prototype and will write a detailed article soon)

    But the problem we are talkign about is beyond that. I was hoping for Longhorn (win FS) to save me…. now it is clearly a distant dream,we need Magic !!!

    Currently Google desktop is giving me a (temporary) relief :)
    Is it possible to construct the perfect classification system? Lets see.

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    2 Responses to “Roger, I still have ‘the’ problem.”

    1. fatalerror;) Says:
      August 8th, 2005 at 3:36 pm

      do we need one?

    2. bala Says:
      August 8th, 2005 at 7:31 pm

      I am sure that Longhorn or Vista is coming up with such a feature i think you shouild check out the reviews that are coming up of the Beta release..cause i remember reading so.

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