On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 19:39, sean.upton@uniontrib.com wrote:
You know, the funny thing is that TF really accomplishes the goals of a ZMI/UI-improvement hack (unclutter a view of a folder to VISUALLY separate the software/content/presentation space) implemented, IMHO, in the wrong place. I would think there is another way that a Folder UI could be uncluttered without the magic of TF, and that is add "translucency" (items are there, but obscured from view) to the UI layer - that is, the ability to VISUALLY unclutter different users' views of objects in a folder via ZMI; views could be stored per user.
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Maybe you could have a 'Views' tab where you could configure groups of filters where each filter would be configured like a 'Find Objects' query. Then, in the 'Contents' tab you'd have buttons to switch between those views and the default view, which show all objects. -- Ideas don't stay in some minds very long because they don't like solitary confinement.