Talk:Virtual folder
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They're not completely speculative. Tag clouds are a type, as are the labels in gmail. — Omegatron 22:52, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Out-of-date
This article needs new Vista screenshots as the existing ones are deprecated. Virtual folders in Vista are now known as Saved Searches. --rdude 18:54, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, I personally have been hesitant to keep the article updated because this feature has been changing from release to release. Warrens 19:35, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Agreed. We should probably wait until the final release, unless somebody wants to put in shots for the latest major release (Beta 2). rdude 00:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Focus of the article
First of all, I think the focus of the article is not clearly defined. Is it on "Virtual Folders", per se? Then the the {{Future software}} template should be moved to the "Windows Vista" section. And since the article also includes implemenation specific sections (Vista), shouldn't "Smart folders" be merged into this article in a Mac OS X section. And similarly create sections for IIS, Outlook and Lotus Agenda, AutoPlaylists in WMP and iTunes etc etc. If there is not enough info for individual implementations, may be a bullted list in "other implementations" (or similar) section. Or if it is to be Vista specific, generic info should be given the boot. And later moved to the stable name Vista adopts. --soUmyaSch 08:44, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- The problem is that Vista is mentioned throughout the article, not just in the Vista section. That's why I felt the tag should be on the entire article. Ideally, though, the article should be rewritten and rearranged with more examples of virtual folder implementations and confinement of Vista material to the Vista section. rdude 17:20, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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- There is definitely too much focus on Vista in this article. Warrens 17:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mac OS
Please expand the Mac section and add a screenshot. --soumসৌমোyasch 05:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dynamic content
- Virtual folders are not necessarily dynamically populated or generated. A virtual folder may also be non-dynamic: that is, the user selects the items to assign to one or more virtual folders, based on content, project, or whatever other criteria the user chooses. An example of user-populated virtual folders integrated with a non-hierarchical file organizer is TaskTracker. The connecting principle is therefore the non-hierarchical relationship of virtual folders to the operating system's hierarchical file system. Many studies of human cognition amply demonstrate that relational organization, by association and identification, is far more compelling than hierarchical organization. Hence the adoption of virtual folders as a user interface metaphor.
I am removing this because it, unless sourced, is just someone's commentary, and factually incorrect. In addition, far more compelling is nothing but POV. Many studies of human cognition amply demonstrate needs citation. The connecting principle is therefore the non-hierarchical relationship of virtual folders to the operating system's hierarchical file system is wrong as virtual folders need not connect to OS' folder hierarchy. (Outlook's virtual folders, anyone?). Plus not necessarily dynamically populated is factually incorrect. The article already says virtual folders are some scripts which coalesce results from some datastore. In the example given, the criteria is specified by the user, not the virtual folder's contents. The contents are still pulled up on-the-fly by the system. --soumসৌমোyasch 08:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Internet Information Services
Can someone source this statement added by User:Michaelmross: "Virtual folders are a well-established construct in web servers, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services, where files matching the criteria are shared on the internet." From looking at Microsoft's documentation, as far as I can tell their use of "virtual folders" seems to be short hand for "virtual servers that are based on the content of certain folders".[1] AlistairMcMillan 17:41, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- AFAIK, IIS' implementation of what it calls virtual folder just makes contents real folders available over HTTP. It may be scripted to serve files matching a certain criteria or access permission. But I do not think it can aggregate content from multiple real folders. I will check, though. --soumসৌমোyasch 22:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
