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Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by sunshine-o on Thursday December 26, 2024 @03:50PM (#42517700)
I really like tagging but somehow the concept could never become central to any filesystem:

- I believe BeOS tried,

- MS tried with WinFS but cancelled it in Windows Vista,

- I am sure some cloud storage service bet on it but can't cite any.

Actually tagging is probably mainly successful in cases where we can reliably automate the tagging such as email or photos.

Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by setopt on Thursday December 26, 2024 @06:14PM (#42518615)
MacOS has had first-class support for file tagging for years: You can add arbitrary tags either from “Save as” dialogs or from Finder, and can then browse by tags in Finder or search through your file system filtered by tags.
Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by maroonblazer on Thursday December 26, 2024 @08:34PM (#42519255)
Does the native file tagging see much adoption? I'm a lifelong Mac user and tried using the tags when they first launched, but eventually it was too much work and I resorted to using search to find what I'm looking for. Not macOS native search but tools like LaunchBar, Alfred, et al or apps like EasyFind.
Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by nxobject on Thursday December 26, 2024 @09:02PM (#42519377)
Colours, yes – but then again I worked in a print shop that'd been using Apple since MacOS 8, so they might be used to those quirks.
Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by zelphirkalt on Thursday December 26, 2024 @07:45PM (#42519056)
I like tagging for bookmarks in Firefox and derivatives of Firefox.
Re:Siyuan: Privacy-first, self-hosted personal knowledge man... by bloaf on Friday December 27, 2024 @09:41PM (#42528127)
Sharepoint tries to push people towards tags, but doesn't always succeed.