[Sigia-l] Tag separators in text fields - standardise please

[martin.fietkiewicz at gmail.com]

2008/7/30 Paola Kathuria <paola at limov.com>

> Flickr's display tag will be "a pen is" - the URL will be a apenis.
> apenis is only what delicious would allow, which doesn't allow spaces
> at all.
>

So when I'm searching, should I search for a pen is, a penis, ape nis, or
apenis?  Flickr sometimes does what you say, and sometimes does what I say.
I don't like it.   :)



> Will everyday users know or care about CSV files? Should CSV format
> determine UI design?
>
>
It's a feedback loop, neither implementation nor design exist in a silo, and
both constrain each other to a degree.  If all I use is storage and
retrieval of tag clouds on the back end, I most certainly would prefer a UI
design that works with me and my use case.



> How about this list? No commas but you know it's a list, right?
>
>   apple
>   orange
>   pomegranate
>

I know it's a list because I easily know what demarcates it as such.  The
tags are separated by a newline.  The newline and the comma are not as
overloaded with meaning as a space is, esp. when you start dealing with
hyphenated words or phrases or idioms.  Even periods are better separators
than spaces imho.

Martin