Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Nov 2010 22:40 UTC, submitted by rhyder

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2005-07-06
I suppose if the tagging system was fast and robust enough you could simulate directories using tags. Add a layer on top your shell/filemanager so that when I type ls /foo/bar or click on the /foo/bar folder you list all files tagged with "dir:/foo/bar". Moving a file would simply mean retagging it, symlinking would mean adding a new "dir:" tag etc.
I'm not sure if this is actually a good idea, but I'd love to see someone implement it and find out.