Tagging files

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Posted by Jack Crawford
Jul 10, 2010 at 01:20 AM

I notice GOTD is running another special for Tabbles in its various incarnations.

What do people here think of the philosophy of creating virtual folders and/or tagging files? I’ve always stuck with physical file locations although I do use some virtual tools like Outlook categories. Is the investment in set-up and maintenance worth the long-term benefits?

Is Tabbles a good implementation or are there better options in the market?

TIA

Jack

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jul 11, 2010 at 12:18 PM

I bought a license to Tabbles sometime ago, I think in Bits du Jour. It is stable, does what it says and looks nice, but I can’t say I use it much. I guess the reason is that I am quite happy with the other ways I have organised my material over the years, both within the file system and through links from information management software.

If you want to try tagging I suggest you also give the following a go, both mentioned here in the past I think:
- TaggedFrog http://lunarfrog.com/taggedfrog/ This is freeware and has the advantage of working in portable mode, as long as .NET framework 2 and above is available
- Detalizer http://www.detalizer.com/en-us/ IMHO, this is rather expensive for what it does, but it integrates well with Windows Explorer

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