Comments on: Jonathan’s Tag Browser http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/ Buzz Andersen's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: marc nothrop http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3436 marc nothrop Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:57:16 +0000 http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3436 My knee-jerk reaction, seeing the first screen shot, was "That's a lot of space used, and I have a LOT of tags", but it's actually quite space-efficient for what it offers, esp. exposing tag relationships/intersections, you quickly see that this is an excellent, well implemented solution. Like you say, this is very effective in drawing out the relationships between tags... …but doesn't this make a fundamental change to the UI? The browsing pane is nowhere to be seen in the displayed mockups, so what will the selection/activation behaviour be? I've made a 'far too long' post on Jonathan's blog about this experimental interface, and I really do hope to see it in Cocoalicious, so that we can all see what it's like in action, and maybe see the naysayer's eat their words! ; ) My knee-jerk reaction, seeing the first screen shot, was “That’s a lot of space used, and I have a LOT of tags”, but it’s actually quite space-efficient for what it offers, esp. exposing tag relationships/intersections, you quickly see that this is an excellent, well implemented solution.

Like you say, this is very effective in drawing out the relationships between tags…

…but doesn’t this make a fundamental change to the UI? The browsing pane is nowhere to be seen in the displayed mockups, so what will the selection/activation behaviour be?

I’ve made a ‘far too long’ post on Jonathan’s blog about this experimental interface, and I really do hope to see it in Cocoalicious, so that we can all see what it’s like in action, and maybe see the naysayer’s eat their words! ; )

]]> By: Charles http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3426 Charles Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:32:57 +0000 http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3426 A user applescript request: I'd like to be able, via applescript, to choose which user identity I post a link as. As in "post as user [user] with password [password]". Because I have two delicious ids, and sometimes want to post to one, sometimes another. It's a work/play thing. A user applescript request: I’d like to be able, via applescript, to choose which user identity I post a link as. As in “post as user [user] with password [password]”.

Because I have two delicious ids, and sometimes want to post to one, sometimes another. It’s a work/play thing.

]]> By: Carl-Johan Kihlbom http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3423 Carl-Johan Kihlbom Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:32:42 +0000 http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3423 Wow, that looks great! I think that would really increase the usefulness of tagging. Now I use tagging on del.icio.us more like categories (i.e. no long tail), but I think that would change with this UI. I won't care about cluttering up my tags list with obscure tags. Any idea when we'll see it in a release? Wow, that looks great! I think that would really increase the usefulness of tagging. Now I use tagging on del.icio.us more like categories (i.e. no long tail), but I think that would change with this UI. I won’t care about cluttering up my tags list with obscure tags. Any idea when we’ll see it in a release?

]]> By: oliver taylor http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3417 oliver taylor Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:44:42 +0000 http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3417 Dare I say I might use Cocoalicious a whole lot more than I do now with this in place. And Treemap? eww. Dare I say I might use Cocoalicious a whole lot more than I do now with this in place. And Treemap? eww.

]]> By: Blake Seely http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3416 Blake Seely Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:43:50 +0000 http://weblog.scifihifi.com/2006/01/18/jonathans-tag-browser/#comment-3416 I think that will definitely be a good addition to the UI. I currently use the tag browser very little - mostly because of what you and Jonathan describe. (and it doesn't hurt that the new browser has some entertaining animations :) I think that will definitely be a good addition to the UI. I currently use the tag browser very little - mostly because of what you and Jonathan describe. (and it doesn’t hurt that the new browser has some entertaining animations :)

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