Re: Ideas for World Hierarchy Example

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ocis.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:03:47 -0800
Message-ID: <coe8q2tfp3r8n3vr8pl6623j45ev6q235v_at_4ax.com>


paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote:

>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>...
>> Why use a hierarchy?
>>
>> I have many bookmarks in my browser. Unfortunately, bookmarks
>> are hierarchal. I sometimes want to create the same bookmark under
>> more than one category.
>> ...
>
>And that's also, I would say, one of the most obvious glaring, idiotic,
>presumptuous, un-thought of, overlooked, missing features in every mail
>or news reader I've seen.

     I have had some links where I could have fit them in five categories. You would like something like this, too, eh? I think I will develop it further and write it up for Mozilla.

>No surprise, I guess, when we live in a world where it is common to
>believe a relational table has two dimensions.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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     He/She has prejudices.
Received on Wed Jan 10 2007 - 02:03:47 CET

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