Re: Tag search for all / any tags

[Warren Baird <photogeekmtl gmail com>]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 05/10/06, Warren Baird <photogeekmtl gmail com> wrote:
> > It seems like a hybrid solution might be best -  default to AND between
> > top level categories and OR within them, but provide a relatively easy
> > way to switch that default on the fly (modifier key, RMB menu, something
> > like that)
>
> This sounds backwards. I think that you meant OR between top level
> categories, and AND within them.

I don't think so - I'm pretty sure AND between and OR within is what 
I've heard discussed here before - and it makes more sense to me 
intuitively.   If I select "San Francsico" in "Places" and "Butterflies" 
and "Flowers" in "Things".   I think it's more likely that I'd want to 
see all pictures of "Butterflies or flowers taken in San Francisco", or 
"San Francisco AND (Butterflies or Flowers)".

Or am I missing something?

> So what way do you propose to do that? You say that you want it done
> easily, without using an advanced dialog. What UI solution do you
> propose?

I can think of several
  - modifier keys held while clicking on the tag - shift reverses the 
meaning (AND->OR), and ctrl make it NOT
  - RMB menus or other manipulation on the bar that shows all of the 
icons - I think I saw something like that in the prototype code.
  - buttons on the UI:  This might be the most clear, but might also 
require more clicks to get things done.

The right approach might be to do all of the above.

Warren