Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:50:50 -0000 From: Martin Tournoy <carpetsmoker@gmail.com> To: "Kyrre Nygard" <kyrreny@broadpark.no>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem using tags, not folders? Message-ID: <op.tav0201bipwu61@carpetsmoker.ictwerkplaats.org> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060609162356.00ee7240@broadpark.no> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060609162356.00ee7240@broadpark.no>
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On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:40:06 -0000, Kyrre Nygard <kyrreny@broadpark.no> = = wrote: > > Hello! > > Just a wild thought here ... > > After noticing how much simpler it is using tags, for instance > with my bookmarks at http://del.icio.us -- compared to hours of > frustration trying find the right combination of folders and > sub folders in my Firefox' bookmarks.html, I was wondering > if the same approach could be used to arrange the UNIX filesystem > hierarchy, from the root and up. This is just a radical thought, > not yet an idea even -- but if somebody would be willing to think > with me -- maybe we could make a big change. > > All the best, > Kyrre > I suppose it could work, then again, folders also work, and having tags = = would basicly be the same as having folders. I don't really see any advantage... I believe microsoft is planning something like this for their new = filesystem, winfs....
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