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From: Chris Sackett <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] RE: Wish List: Sorting Tags
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:49:49 +0000
References: <200622191728.720593@Terry3>
In-Reply-To: <200622191728.720593@Terry3>


Terry Reigel wrote:

> Just how would that be done? Say you have the following tags, in this
> order:
>
> 1. Tag A, date 1850
> 2. Tag B, no date (positioned by user)
> 3. Tag C, date 1830 (re-positioned by user)
> 4. Tag D, no date (positioned by user)
> 5. Tag E, date 1870
>
> Now we add a tag with date 1860. Where would the system position it
> "as is presently done"?

Terry,

The new tag with date 1860 would have a higher value than A, B, C, and
D, but a lower value than E. It would therefore go between D and E. Now,
this may or may not be what the user wants. It would be up to the user
to then put it in the right place. This is what would happen now if tags
B, C, and D had been forced by using sort dates of (say) 1851, 1852, and
1853. If on the other hand, B, C, and D had been forced by using sort
dates of 1861, 1862, and 1863, then new tag 1860 would currently go
between tags A and B. Again, this may or may not be what the user wants.
Given the structure of tags presented, there is no knowing whether the
user would want the new tag 1860 between A and B or between D and E.
Whether under the present system using sort dates or the new system
using "Up/Down" arrows, the user would have to decide whether new tag
1860 was where he wanted it, and if not he would have to move it.

Chris

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