[Managing] Back to traditions: tree outline
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:51 pm
The most strange idea about the CintaNotes is its Tag Sidebar kinda-management tool. Tags are of any good as additional search customization feature (let's face the truth — only if properly implemented, i.e. basic categories and sub-categories taxonomy is present from the box, the tags are customized in any way one wants and any tag is selectable once created from some global tagpad for tagging new notes).
My own experience tells me that I'll need 50-odd tags to indicate alot of subject matters. Even such relatively small quantity will drive the Tag Sidebar unusable by itself, and unusable for the aimed purpose: to find 3-5 clips among related 47 I have to have at least 9.4 subcategory tags, typing them manually into each note at the moment of creation. There is no pre- or post-tagging tool in Cinta Notes!
Why then not to return to traditional tree-like outline presentation and sorting, leaving tags for the proper purpose of tagging?
My own experience tells me that I'll need 50-odd tags to indicate alot of subject matters. Even such relatively small quantity will drive the Tag Sidebar unusable by itself, and unusable for the aimed purpose: to find 3-5 clips among related 47 I have to have at least 9.4 subcategory tags, typing them manually into each note at the moment of creation. There is no pre- or post-tagging tool in Cinta Notes!
Why then not to return to traditional tree-like outline presentation and sorting, leaving tags for the proper purpose of tagging?