Tag2find - better than searching | tag everything on your deskto. Stored Tagging File Utility (Tag) Krawler[x] - Get Krawler[x] now. Who's got the tag? Database truth versus file truth, part 3. I’ve recently been exploring the implications of the following mantra: The truth is in the file. In this context it refers to a strategy for managing metadata (e.g., tags) primarily in digital files (e.g., JPEG images, Word documents) and only secondarily in a database derived from those files. Commenting on an entry that explores how Vista uses this technique for photo tags, Brian Dorsey throws down a warning flag: Many applications are guilty of changing JPEGs [ed: RAW file, not JPEGs, are the issue, see below] behind the scenes and there is nothing forcing them to do it in compatible ways. Here is a recent example with Vista. A cautionary tale, indeed. This is the kind of subject that doesn’t necessarily yield right and wrong answers.
There is an interesting comparison to be made, for example, between OS X and Vista. My purpose here is not to discuss or debate the OS X and Vista interfaces for tagging files and searching for tagged files. Arguably these are both valid strategies. Tag Your Desktop Stuff With Tag2Find. Tagging should be a feature of operating systems. It’s usually a superior way of organizing information v. folders because a file can be placed in only a single folder, but multiple tags can be associated with that file. It’s one of the reasons I like Gmail, because emails can be tagged with multiple descriptive terms instead of just throwing it into a folder.
I find it much easier to find tagged items on flickr, del.icio.us and gmail, for example, than it is on Mac mail, my desktop email client that doesn’t support tagging. Properly tagged items are much easier to search for down the road. Vista does support a limited form of tagging, although it’s hard to get to. Austria-based Tag2Find, though, has created a nifty application that allows tagging for any type of desktop file.
To see how it works, see the demo here. There’s no word on the business plan, although it’s possible this could be advertising supported.