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1. Don't reinvent the wheel! Use metadata systems that work!

   Your application has great potential. But...

   Do not use the file name to store metadata! File names should not contain any user generated information. Storing metadata has numerous problems: security, privacy, non-portability, just to name a few.

   If you are going to support every kind of file, then you should use what is already there. Audio, video, image and document files already contain metadata. You have to read that metadata and import it to your application. Don't force the user to reenter all of it.

   Besides format specific metadata, there's also multiformat metadata. It's called XMP. It's even an international standard.

   http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp.html

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform

   XMP is right format for what you are trying to accomplish. Support already exist for the most used file formats and those that can't embed the metadata itself can use sidecar files.

   XMP support is widespread and exist in every platform. That make it portable and future proof.

   XMP already supports that metadata of your application without any hacks: Title; Author; Description; Keywords(Tags); Ratings. And if your application generates specific metadata, you can add it in a standard way by using namespaces.

   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24416653/is-it-possible-to-create-a-custom-namespace-tag-in-xmp-dublin-core-metadata

   I suggest that you use XMP sidecar files. XMP sidecar files are just text files with a XML structure, they are very small and anyone edit them, even with a text editor. By using sidecar files you lower the risk of corrupting the users' files when metadata is added.

   There's very good backend support for XMP metadata writing, reading and modification: ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/), Exiv2 (http://www.exiv2.org/) and Adobe XMP SDK (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp.html) and Exempi (http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi/). They are all open source and they are all cross-platform.

   ExifTool can even read other types of metadata in almost every type of file format, form audio to office documents.

   You can use ExifTool to import metadata that already exist in the files.

   A javascript implementation of ExifTool exists: https://github.com/mattburns/exiftool.js

   The ExifTool website contains an wealth of information about metadata in general and XMP in particular: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

   Your application has great potential. But...

   Do not use the file name to store metadata! File names should not contain any user generated information. Storing metadata has numerous problems: security, privacy, non-portability, just to name a few.

   If you are going to support every kind of file, then you should use what is already there. Audio, video, image and document files already contain metadata. You have to read that metadata and import it to your application. Don't force the user to reenter all of it.

   Besides format specific metadata, there's also multiformat metadata. It's called XMP. It's even an international… more

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2. search in text content files

   must have an option to find in whole content of files.

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3. Tag hierarchy

   It would be nice if tags could be added in hierarchy. Eg. if I add a tag "daughter" to picture, the tag "family" would also be present (depending on the hierarchy of tags of course :) ).

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4. Ability to use shift and ctrl key when selecting files

   When selecting multiple files it would be nice to select the first file and then shift+select the last file and have all the files in between selected. Also, the ability to ctrl+select files like in a typical file system.

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5. Emulate Evernote's easy interface

   Hi Guys,

   I have been looking for a while for something to replace Evernote and was incredibly excited to find Tagspaces! So thank you for taking the initiative to build it!

   But as much as I want to use tagspaces, I feel that right now the interface is too much effort to us (click to edit, click to save, double click to view file), the navigation panels require learning a new logic. As much as I dont want to use Evernote, I have to admit their interface is much easier and pleasant to use.

   I will argue that if Tagspaces' default interface configuration was set to behave like Evernote's, Tagspaces would be more likely to get traction and convert large amounts of people away from Evernote. Once theses people are hooked, they'll then get to learn the more powerful features of Tagspace and grow deeper into it. But maybe I am wrong and you are not trying to replace evernote.

   Right now I feel there is too much of a mental jump for most people to convert over from Evernote. Only motivated users will make this jump, which is just a tiny percentage of people - missing out on probably millions of Evernote users who would switch if only it wasnt so much of an effort. I am assuming Evernote's UX is the result of testing it on large amounts of user and is probably close to the best product-user fit one can design.

   So in summary I would suggest:

   autosave note (no need to click save)

   Single click to bring a file into the editor

   Editor opens in edit mode

   Navigation panel like Evernote's

   I would love to hear your thoughts, maybe better understand your vision in case I missed the mark on what you are building.

   I am wondering if I should I start using & supporting Tagspaces, or if should keep looking around for something else / keep using Evernote..

   Thank you for your awesome work so far :)

   Hi Guys,

   I have been looking for a while for something to replace Evernote and was incredibly excited to find Tagspaces! So thank you for taking the initiative to build it!

   But as much as I want to use tagspaces, I feel that right now the interface is too much effort to us (click to edit, click to save, double click to view file), the navigation panels require learning a new logic. As much as I dont want to use Evernote, I have to admit their interface is much easier and pleasant to use.

   I will argue that if Tagspaces'… more

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6. Auto-save notes while editing (explicit 'Save' not required)

   Auto-save has become common on desktop notetaking and editing applications, because of the risk of app crashes, OS crashes, running out of battery on laptops, etc. OpenOffice and Word now have this by default, and even more obscure apps like Inkscape offer it in Settings. Same for web apps like Google Drive.

   It's actually hard to force myself back into the motions of hitting Ctrl+S every few minutes in TagSpaces; would prefer to have it save automatically as I type.

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7. Adding "open natively setting"

   It would be awesome to add an ability to set "open natively" setting to certain file types, for example to .mp4 videos open in VLC or .mp3 files to open in Winamp by simply double-clicking the file:)

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8. Tree view in file browser

   The file browser on the left is not using a tree view, so one cannot have two sub-folders open at the same time.

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9. Fulltext search

   Enable Fulltext search.

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10. Add tag to directory only

    I want to be able to tag directories like files. Tags are on directory NOT recursively tag files inside the directory.

    Directory named "adirectory", when tagged with "ReadMe", it becomes "adirectory[ReadMe]". but files inside does not change.

    This is very useful because more and more consumable media are no longer single file only. For example an audio book comes with a directory with many mp3 files. If I have 15 audio book novels and each have 50 mp3s. I want to tag "ReadNow", "Done", "Later" then I have to tag every files. When search every files shows up. What I really one is just the folders show up and I can open and copy to my phone to listen.

    That's no the only use case. I argue there are many applications to it.

    For example, if I am trying to find new job. I usually organize all information for a company in a folder, like cover letters, notes, resume sent. It will be nice to tag the folders, "FollowUp", "Research", "FillApplication". I really don't want every files show up.

    Same thing when I rent/buy a house. I put all pictures, videos, web screen shots and notes inside a folder for each house. It's nice to just tag the folder so I can tag "LIke", "Great", "NeedWork"

    It might be a simple change by just listing the sub directories also in the file panel and treat them like a file.

    Greatly appreciated if you can add the feature.

    Thanks!

    I want to be able to tag directories like files. Tags are on directory NOT recursively tag files inside the directory.

    Directory named "adirectory", when tagged with "ReadMe", it becomes "adirectory[ReadMe]". but files inside does not change.

    This is very useful because more and more consumable media are no longer single file only. For example an audio book comes with a directory with many mp3 files. If I have 15 audio book novels and each have 50 mp3s. I want to tag "ReadNow", "Done", "Later" then I have to tag every files. When search every files… more

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11. Adding tags to directories

    And this will add tags recursively

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12. Math / Formula

    Implement Math support with LaTeX or MathMl rendering.

    Use Mathjax?

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13. OCR-Engine Integration - Make PDFs searcheable, Autoconvert Pics to PDF, Ect.

    As there are many free and OS libarys for OCR available, this would be a great and very promising feature!
    For larger amounts of PDFs/Scanned Documents in picture file formats, a batch/bulk OCR and pic to PDF conversion would be essential, especially for the many ppl here who want to use it as DMS!
    A full text search function can integrate with this OCRed content!

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14. Create app owncloud

    I would like to create App TagSpaces Owncloud.

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15. Tag support for multiple word names

    Hi,
    Firstly thanks for this awesome app. I was looking for an evernote alternative that i can use on linux. And surprisingly, although not mentioned by many linux blogs, Tagspaces is the closest one can get to evernote.
    I could have used evernote using Wine, but i will prefer apps that have versions for Linux.

    Tagspaces does almost all the jobs.

    Only niggle, that kept me from shifting permanently to Tagspace, is the inability to add multiple words in the same tag.
    I am a medical physician. For example if you need to add a tag ' Blood sugar' in tagspaces, either it appears as two separate tags. Or you can add them within the same tag with a 'hyphen' in between them.

    I will really appreciate if adding multiple words within the same tag is made possible. ctually, in our field there are many names of disease that are quite complex and contain many words.
    Sincerely hope the developer considers this in future releases.

    Thanks and regards

    Hi,
    Firstly thanks for this awesome app. I was looking for an evernote alternative that i can use on linux. And surprisingly, although not mentioned by many linux blogs, Tagspaces is the closest one can get to evernote.
    I could have used evernote using Wine, but i will prefer apps that have versions for Linux.

    Tagspaces does almost all the jobs.

    Only niggle, that kept me from shifting permanently to Tagspace, is the inability to add multiple words in the same tag.
    I am a medical physician. For example if you need to add a tag ' Blood sugar' in… more

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16. Search inside contents of plain text/markdown files
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17. Allow setting links between files.

    So that I can refer in one file to another file and browse to it by clicking on the link. At least for html files, this should be easy to realise.

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18. Text notes should be editable by default

    When I open a text note, I usually want to edit it immediatelly, i.e. the way it's done in Evernote nowadays. So it would be more convenient that I don't have to click on the "Edit current file" icon.

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19. tag search on sub folders

    if a tag is selected (show files with this tag), results of current subfolders should be included to find any file thats tagged this way.

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20. Add a bulk files renamer using tag groups sorting and tag folder

    Add a bulk files renamer using tag groups sorting and tag folder + prefixed tag renamer
    For example only abc.pdf is Animals(Tiger) and Travel(Asia) Year(2011) Month(05) will be /root/Asia/Tiger/2011/05/abc.pdf

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