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- in reply to: tabble web-gfx #1216
Wouldn’t this actually -be- saving a web address? Since your not downloading the pic wouldn’t you still be referring to a url? Or are you wanting a thumbnail to show in the file pane like local graphic files do?
in reply to: Did you know? – (discuss here) #1201Thanks Andrea. Yes, I’ve been playing with functions and stuff alot and wanted an easy way to blow out the db and structures back to bare walls. Figured it might be useful in the long run so folks that want to create another Tabbles db they don’t have to spend alot of time manually deleting stuff.
I agree, Andrea, that it could cause a Bad Thing for new users or folks that aren’t paying attention. Perhaps a dialogue box that asks "are you sure?" and/or "back up current db now?" (or even a force save) can pop up before a reset is allowed.
in reply to: Additional logical operators for advanced users. #1196Bumping this thread as I’d like to see the additional Boolean operators as well. The OR operator especially.
in reply to: POLL: standard mode, compact mode or gallery? #1182Compact mode for me. When sifting I want to see more files and, to be honest, the ring of tabbles around the file, even with the 2 character label and color, isn’t as quickly identifiable to my eye as the full tag title (and color) under the file in compact.
Gallery is rather unusable for my application though it may be ok when dealing with graphics and pictures.
in reply to: Tabbles 1.2.0 beta1 [Feature REQ] #1169I can see uses for hiding either bar, or even both in some instances. This made me think of the way browsers handle toolbars. Besides being able to define which toolbars you want to see or not see they have a bookmarks toolbar that may be kinda useful in Tabbles.
just a thought…
in reply to: Tabble management, etc #1168Was thinking (always a dangerous thing) more about hiding/unhiding tabbles and how my use of the program has changed and will continue to change. (erf. after writing that I see it’s just a long winded way of saying "hey! I thought of another feature I want" 😆 )
Someone mentioned Profiles a bit back. Can’t recall who at the moment, but just want to note that it’s not originally my idea. The idea, as I recall it, was to allow profiles to be loaded that hid and unhid particular tabbles. It’s kind of like adding a link to a file, except it works at the tabble level. I don’t know how difficult it would be to add this feature to a hide/unhide window.
The more I use Tabbles in my current project (tracking and writing on political subjects) I’m finding other uses I can put the program to; Filing and organization of monthly bills, automobile records, personal papers, creative writing ideas and projects, you get the idea…
Currently the only way to delineate each of these without pooling them into the single Tabbles desktop is to create unique databases. Don’t get me wrong, separate databases for well-defined sets of information is a Good Thing. If the cat walks across the keyboard and somehow corrupts my monthly bill database then I still have the pet info database so I can find out if the cat can be neutered again… My thinking is of the uses Profiles would have in the more creative aspects of info processing within a single database.
I sent Andrea a screenshot of my Tabbles set-up and it shows over 100 tabbles, and this is after I hid about half of them the other night. Why do I keep so many tabbles on the desktop? Because of the way I think through and process information. I call it ‘mulling’ where I’ll take an idea or subject, see what info I have, mull it over and see where I can find connections within that group of info and then look for possible connections outside my current pool of info. Not a particularly unique way to process info, I know, I think everyone pretty much thinks this way.
Tabbles has been a big help in giving me a graphical method to work through ideas and send me in pursuit of new connections. Basically I’ll clear a spot on the desktop and drag tabbles into and out of that area as I think. The issue I’m running into now is the sheer number of tabbles I have, and more importantly to me, want to have graphical access to during the mulling.
In essence; While I want good access to a large number of tabbles during the mulling process, having too many tabbles visible is distracting. The problem is that while working on a piece about monetary policy I do want to see (for example) tabbles on Geithner, Treasury, CBO, Legislation, and Data, but don’t feel the need to see the Healthcare, Bachmann, and CIA tabbles. When I go to work on a piece about Healthcare, however, I still want to see the CBO tabble, but the Geithner tabble would offer little to the thinking process. I haven’t begun to create a database to support my fiction and humor writing, but I can see Profiles benefiting that process even more!
I hope I haven’t completely confused you. I can probably boil it down a bit if you need more clarity. 😕
(while writing this I realized I may be also making a good case for Tabbles within Tabbles. Will think on that for a while as I know you guys have been thinking about it as well and have a post on the dev-blog about that very thing.)
regards,
jay(wowza! didn’t realize how much I wrote! sorry guys)
in reply to: Tabble management, etc #1142Just bumping this thread as I hit over 200 Tabbles and went on a spree of hiding tabbles last night.
To be clear, Andrea, you guys have put in alot of stuff that helps me organize my tabbles wonderfully, my request here is simply a window that lists ALL tabbles with the hide/unhide checkbox next to each so I can go in and hide/unhide easily. As it stands, unhiding tabbles, especially if I want to unhide several of them, is a real pain.
And the ability to change the filename in the quick-link box would still be a Good Thing as would combining the unlink into it… 🙂 (both only active when dealing with a single file of course)
cheers guys, nice work!
in reply to: Tabble management, etc #1111Keeping tabbles arranged isn’t a problem since you guys put in the alignment feature (a most excellent feature, thanks much again!) though I hadn’t even thought of using a specialized background. A great idea! I was just hoping a centralized tabble management window could be put together some time down the road. I admit, though, I am hoping to get an upgrade on the quick-link window a bit higher on the to-do list. 😀
Appreciate your thoughts, Andrea.
in reply to: Random new requests #1098"Andrea" wrote:
* As mentioned by others, a more traditional menu bar
Ok, but how? What bothers you exactly, the graphic layout or the buttons names? Which buttons would you have?
I think what folks are talking about here is making the menu bar closer to "standard" software. Most windows program’s menu bar follow a pretty standard formula; File – Edit – View – Tools – Help.
I don’t think it has anything to do with a like or dislike of the menu graphics you’re using, but relates directly to that learning curve you’re trying to shorten. Folks are used to the ‘standard’ menu structure and have general ideas of what they will find there. You wouldn’t need to get rid of the graphical look of it, in fact I hope you don’t (just my 2 cents), but following the standard menu ‘pattern’ would probably go a long way in making the program more intuitive.
in reply to: Whoa! 1.1.5 took away view modes #1064Coolness, Maurizio and Andrea! Thanks much.
in reply to: Whoa! 1.1.5 took away view modes #1060Reposting a portion of what I mentioned a few posts up (right above beaujean’s post. you must have missed it…)
"mrdna" wrote: Saw a thread where someone in linking up a file was used to looking for the tabble they wanted under a particular category rather than using the auto-complete function. (love autocomplete, btw! saves alot of time) My quibble comes in when creating new tabbles on the fly when linking in a new file. For instance,I have ‘agencies’ one color, ‘people’ another, document type (legislation, memo, poll, etc) a third, etc. I use probably a dozen different colors and at times end up opening a color (on the link screen) to be sure I’m adding the new tabble to the right color.
Perhaps there is a way we could simply attach a displayed name to the color in the quick link panel?
Since each color I use does denote a ‘type’ and I add several files per day as well as a tabble or two, I ended up taking a screen shot of the colors, writing the ‘type’ on it and taping it to the side of my monitor. A workaround, to be sure, but a workaround nonetheless.
As to adding a box feature… Now I’m not advocating bringing back categories per se as it sounds like you’ve had issues with the code for it, but the ability to group a bunch of tabbles in some sort of a box that I can move around as a unit would be VERY useful on many levels. Besides just grouping them by color one could drop tabbles of various colors into a box that relate to a specific project or whatever. No need to link the box to a tag or anything. It’s job is just to contain and grid a group of tabbles. Naming the box (again, no tag or searchability required) would be a bonus too.
Now I completely agree with you that using alt-c is faster when you know the direction you’re going in. But if I wanted to start at a search box there are alot of programs I could use. I use Tabbles because the GUI focuses me rather than overloading when I’m putting together info for a piece. This is why the ability to box a group of tabbles and scoot the boxes around is something I’d like to see. (and is why I’m so grateful snap-to-grid is being implimented! Info should look orderly, darn it! And, yes, my lack of ability to line-up or grid a group of tabbles freehand is distracting… 😆
(EDIT; I see 1.1.6 is up and the changelog looks like there’s some great stuff comin’ down.)
in reply to: Whoa! 1.1.5 took away view modes #1050Two things here and I hope I can express them in a way that makes sense…;
Saw a thread where someone in linking up a file was used to looking for the tabble they wanted under a particular category rather than using the auto-complete function. (love autocomplete, btw! saves alot of time) My quibble comes in when creating new tabbles on the fly when linking in a new file. For instance,I have ‘agencies’ one color, ‘people’ another, document type (legislation, memo, poll, etc) a third, etc. I use probably a dozen different colors and at times end up opening a color (on the link screen) to be sure I’m adding the new tabble to the right color.
Perhaps there is a way we could simply attach a displayed name to the color?
Appreciate the work on adding snap-to-grid, and I can see where that may be problematical in the ground floor display when you include tabble scaling. I’d wonder if you couldn’t add snap-to-grid as a toggled option?
Also, as I used categories as more of an arrangement help, couldn’t a stripped down variation of categories be used? Basically an ability to corral or contain a group of tabbles. User customizable size and placement. When doing that you can restrict the grid to the panel so it will not force formatting on other tabble groupings one may have to the horizontal or vertical. Just a thought.
in reply to: a few things… #1049A bit of clarification on my ideas;
In portability I’m thinking more in the order of being able to install and use if -from- the thumb drive. IE, if I use a computer that does not have Tabbles installed on it I can run it from the thumb drive.
As to the rename function, I’d find it useful on the quick link/unlink panel. When I’m adding files to the DB I’d like to be able and rename them at the same time I’m linking them in. I was thinking along the lines of how the web link function works where the copied url already shows up in a field on the add url panel. An additional plus for this is that when I’m adding/working with files the file name is nowhere to be found on the panel so at times I find I’m scooting the panel to the side to look at the file and remind myself of the date, file type, doc type, etc.
in reply to: Whoa! 1.1.5 took away view modes #1038Never mind, just found the dev blog… 🙂
in reply to: What are you doing with tabbles? #1034I’ve been using Tabbles for a couple weeks now to categorize and cross-reference a good bunch of docs, pdfs, urls, charts, etc, etc on various political and legislative topics. Currently there are just under 500 separate files I’m working with and that number will undoubtedly keep growing.
Enjoying Tabble’s functionality and looking forward to watching it get refined and even more useful.
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