Couldn't you achieve this using a user space file system? That seems quite a bit less drastic. Keep in mind that we still want there to be 1 underlying operating system running across different hardware including desktops and servers On Feb 24, 2013 6:06 PM, "Matt Richardson" <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Since Ubuntu-Touch is a new system we have a potential to replace > files/folders with tags. > > 1) Why? > Tags offer a much more flexible file management system than files/folders > because they allow a single file to exist in multiple locations, without > the use of symlinks. > > 2) To tackle the obvious issue: The current filesystem and operating > system are built on the folder/files system, as are almost all existing > applications. > The idea of the tag based system would not be to replace the folder/files > system as far as the system is concerned, merely to hide it in day to day > use. > My idea would be that the tags would operate as follows: > > When saving/creating a file any number of tags can be selected as well as > a name. By default the 'username' tag would be selected. > The actual filesystem would place the file in /home/username/tag1/tag2/ > Tags beyond tag 2 would not be included in the folder hierarchy. A > database (similar to zeitgeist) would also be updated to contain the full > list of tags and files > When selecting files (file manager or open dialog) all of the available > tags would be listed. When a tag is selected, the list updates to show tags > which contain files matching the first tag > In order to show root files the "system" tag would have to be selected. > The file manager would then switch to standard file/folder view, since we > can't easily update the root filesystem > > Hopefully that all makes sense > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Matt > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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