I really need tags now - suggestions?
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I really need tags now - suggestions?
I want tags to organize my mail. I've tried Labels and Search folders, but there's only 5 labels available and I can't crosslabel something (ex: "ToDo + Personal"). Search Folders builds itself anew each time, and with 500+ mails matching it doesn't work very well.
So I want tags. It would be the ideal solution for me. I know that there are plans for tags in TB 2.0, but I'd like to have it now. Do anyone have any suggestions? Are anyone working on a solutions for it now? Like an extension or a special build?
So I want tags. It would be the ideal solution for me. I know that there are plans for tags in TB 2.0, but I'd like to have it now. Do anyone have any suggestions? Are anyone working on a solutions for it now? Like an extension or a special build?
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howdy y'all,
i am using headertools now for tags. rather good ... a bit awkward now and then, but it works. lookee ...
- HeaderTools ( for TB ) ver 0.5.5 available
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... highlight=
take care,
lee
i am using headertools now for tags. rather good ... a bit awkward now and then, but it works. lookee ...
- HeaderTools ( for TB ) ver 0.5.5 available
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... highlight=
take care,
lee
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Headertools seems like the way to go. All the blogs I've found which discuss tags in tb goes this way at least. But Headertools is a bit cumbersome to use, and does a lot more than tagging. That's nice, but is it possible to create an extension from Headertools that does tagging? That would be great.
A tag extension would have to do the following (in addition to modifiying headers):
- Add Search tags (ie the modified header) to the search functionality (experienced users can probably do this themselves, but if the extension does it all users would benefit from it).
- An intutive UI for tagging: left click to add tag, visible tag header for each mail where you can add tags (take a look at the UI for the tagthe-extension (www.tagthe.net)) and/or a tag toolbar (shows some common tags (customizable) as buttons + a custom tag button which opens up a dialog to add tags. Click or drag and drop to add tag).
Anyone?
A tag extension would have to do the following (in addition to modifiying headers):
- Add Search tags (ie the modified header) to the search functionality (experienced users can probably do this themselves, but if the extension does it all users would benefit from it).
- An intutive UI for tagging: left click to add tag, visible tag header for each mail where you can add tags (take a look at the UI for the tagthe-extension (www.tagthe.net)) and/or a tag toolbar (shows some common tags (customizable) as buttons + a custom tag button which opens up a dialog to add tags. Click or drag and drop to add tag).
Anyone?
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howdy audunmb,
i doubt that ANYONE is going to do anything along those lines until after this ...
- allow arbitrary number of labels
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114656
... makes it into tb2.
i DO NOT like the way it's going ... [*sigh ...*] they are gonna use bit values in the msg that point to an external tag. that means if the msg survives a glitch but the external data does not you will lose your tags. commenat against this have been pretty much ignored by the devs, so it's likely i won't ever use it.
i have had to rebuild my profile several times when something went wrong and trashed a number of files. yes, i had backups, but was unable to track the cause of the problem well enuf to nail the file that was triggering the prob.
any problem that triggers a clean install and migration of the mail files ... sounds like a total loss of all external tag info.
take care,
lee
i doubt that ANYONE is going to do anything along those lines until after this ...
- allow arbitrary number of labels
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114656
... makes it into tb2.
i DO NOT like the way it's going ... [*sigh ...*] they are gonna use bit values in the msg that point to an external tag. that means if the msg survives a glitch but the external data does not you will lose your tags. commenat against this have been pretty much ignored by the devs, so it's likely i won't ever use it.
i have had to rebuild my profile several times when something went wrong and trashed a number of files. yes, i had backups, but was unable to track the cause of the problem well enuf to nail the file that was triggering the prob.
any problem that triggers a clean install and migration of the mail files ... sounds like a total loss of all external tag info.
take care,
lee
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HeaderTools *can* do "easy" tagging. It was one of the features of the latest version....
Once the user sets up the options (specifically, the "New Header Defaults" ) then tags can be added with at most 3 clicks...
Also, you can search for messages with those tags ( the extension does NOT add the tag header to the search functionality )
Just a nit, *I* am the author of HeaderTools, and NOT the author of "Notary". Notary is a complete rip-off of my msgNotes extension. I do see that he finally gave me credit for my work in AMO tho..
Once the user sets up the options (specifically, the "New Header Defaults" ) then tags can be added with at most 3 clicks...
Also, you can search for messages with those tags ( the extension does NOT add the tag header to the search functionality )
Just a nit, *I* am the author of HeaderTools, and NOT the author of "Notary". Notary is a complete rip-off of my msgNotes extension. I do see that he finally gave me credit for my work in AMO tho..
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howdy audunmb,,
i missed your comment about "visible tag header for each mail" when i 1st read thru your post. while an interactive header is unlikely any time soon - at least not before tb2 and it's enhanced labels - there IS a way to SHOW your customized headers selectively. lookee ...
- Mnenhy 0.7.4.666
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2516/
it has the ability to set the visibility of specific headers.
take care,
lee
i missed your comment about "visible tag header for each mail" when i 1st read thru your post. while an interactive header is unlikely any time soon - at least not before tb2 and it's enhanced labels - there IS a way to SHOW your customized headers selectively. lookee ...
- Mnenhy 0.7.4.666
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2516/
it has the ability to set the visibility of specific headers.
take care,
lee
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howdy audunmb,
plus, if you want your custom header to show on msgs below the normal headers, you can install mnenhy and turn on display of that header. i use "X-Tags" for my custom tag header name and have told mnenhy to show that along with the other normally displayed headers.
- Mnenhy 0.7.4.666
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2516/
take care,
lee
plus, if you want your custom header to show on msgs below the normal headers, you can install mnenhy and turn on display of that header. i use "X-Tags" for my custom tag header name and have told mnenhy to show that along with the other normally displayed headers.
- Mnenhy 0.7.4.666
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2516/
take care,
lee
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Seems like the Mnheny solution is no longer needed with the latest update of HeaderTools: http://www.supportware.net/mozilla/HeaderTools058.xpi
Great!
Great!
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Wish list
wish list:
- easily add new tags/cats. One click
- easily tag a msg. One click.
- sort by xtags or xcatagoires in main message view
(if a msg has many tags, pick one - historically first, lexicographically first, whatever)
Extra credit: add the x-tags field to the main msg view for sorting, as above. click on that field and pick a tag to assign or to creat a new one.
extra extra credit... Add tags view to folder view... (see Zimbra)
Else, very good and much appreciated!
/b
- easily add new tags/cats. One click
- easily tag a msg. One click.
- sort by xtags or xcatagoires in main message view
(if a msg has many tags, pick one - historically first, lexicographically first, whatever)
Extra credit: add the x-tags field to the main msg view for sorting, as above. click on that field and pick a tag to assign or to creat a new one.
extra extra credit... Add tags view to folder view... (see Zimbra)
Else, very good and much appreciated!
/b
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billn,
Could you please post a screenshot of how you propose to have 'one click add' for tags/catgories
Can't sort by tags since TB's threadpane sorting is hard coded to only use existing columns.. and I cannot add a column for tags or catagories since columns are hard coded as well.. sorry
Please explain what 'add tags view to folder view' means - in detail.. ( I don't really feel like going through Zimbra's demo )
I don't give out extra credit ( or extra-extra credit even ) , I give out gold stars
Could you please post a screenshot of how you propose to have 'one click add' for tags/catgories
Can't sort by tags since TB's threadpane sorting is hard coded to only use existing columns.. and I cannot add a column for tags or catagories since columns are hard coded as well.. sorry
Please explain what 'add tags view to folder view' means - in detail.. ( I don't really feel like going through Zimbra's demo )
I don't give out extra credit ( or extra-extra credit even ) , I give out gold stars