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		ThinkWriteMute on Jan 1, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make tags not trees - filesystem based on tags ins... Never going to happen. Far too many people like the person you replied too are going to scream that we're just not using the regular tools 'right'.

TomasSedovic on Jan 1, 2010 [–]

True -- on the desktop. But most web-based storages are doing this already (gmail, flickr, delicious).

I do believe that desktops will lose their significance over time and the web experience will be the next thing.

And then it may even migrate to the OS itself, because it will be the familiar thing.

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