[wp-hackers] A new category structure for WordPress

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Microsoft dropped WinFS for a reason :P
http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/winfs/

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Knut-Olav Hoven
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:39 AM
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] A new category structure for WordPress
> 
> On Sunday 15 April 2007 01:05:02 Robert Deaton wrote:
> > On 4/14/07, Knut-Olav Hoven <hovenko at linpro.no> wrote:
> > > I just wrote a ticket on trac that describes what I think is a
> better way
> > > to handle categories than what we have today, especially since tags
> more
> > > and more take over for categorizing posts.
> > >
> > > The ticket is to find here:
> > > http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4148
> > >
> > > Basically it describes using pages as a parent/category for posts
> and
> > > only one per post.
> >
> > A _strong_ -1
> Ok, not a very good start ;)
> 
> > Quick, concise reasons:
> > - Pages aren't containers for posts
> They don't have to be. I just say they could.
> 
> > - Assigning to multiple categories is essential
> Multiple tags?
> 
> > - Tags are not a replacement for hierarchical category structures
> Combined tags when searching gives you allmost the same functionality.
> 
> > "especially since tags more and more take over for categorizing
> posts."
> > Something is wrong with that statement.
> Isn't the "hype" these days to tag everything?
> 
> Microsoft is doing this in WinFS with metadata on each file, OSX does
> it with
> Finder, Linux does it with Beagle and Google does it with Google
> Desktop.
> 
> Browsing directories (and categories) is no longer the preferred
> solution for
> finding what you are really looking for.
> 
> 
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> Knut-Olav Hoven
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