Re: [tlug] Re: Suggestions for splitting of mails?

[Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On Aug 8, 2007, at 8:03 AM, emiddleton@example.com wrote:

> Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> > emiddleton@example.com writes:

<snip>

> > I think that tags are mostly for searching or browsing the archives
> > for general information about a specific problem.  Online, they're
> > somewhat useful to follow the progress of a technical thread (eg,
> > SOLVED or SUMMARY tags), and to save Josh expenditure on keitai and
> > keyboards (not to mention his coffee costs).
>
> We are talking about something very different.  Think flickr tags,  
> or a
> folksonomy[1]. As Josh suggested I will put something more concrete on
> the wiki.

But things like flickr-tags are meant for search (in my understanding  
of the concept). Therefore wouldn't it be better to put the tags  
regarding a message into the message-body? Those are searched anyway  
if you search the archives or when you are doing a full-text search  
on your mails and the readability of the subject keeps the same. I  
"scan" my mails via the subject if there's something interesting  
(read) or not (right to the archive) - if there are a bunch of tags  
at first and I can't read the actual subject anymore, it would waste  
more time (because I would have to adjust my three-pane-layout for  
fitting the whole subject or at least the beginning of it) than it  
would save.

Niels