Comment 36 for bug 434364

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> i don't like the idea of a folder view plugin
> it's so 90ies to browse folders
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That's the reason why i don't use gThumb
> Since then tags have been introduced and to me they are a perfect
> replacement, not an addition to the old system.
> Firefox made the mistake to keep the old hierarchical system when they've
> introduced tags for bookmarks : they now have both at the same time and i
> don't like that either.
> Rhythmbox and Epiphany for instance don't use the old hierarchical system
> at all
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Good arguments against folder view. I promise you that when if and when I do
develop such a plugin it will be disabled by default. The only reason we
care is because about the structure that's how the underlying images are
stored. Now if we could all move to a metadata based filesystem......