Yes, I know. The Semantic desktop sounds interesting on paper. Only time will tell how well it works out in really life. Almost seems like an answer looking for a problem. IF it can make me more productive, then great. Since I have yet to see any evidence of that, then IMHO, it's a waste of time except for the developers working on it.
That is the rub for these tools; they can only help a user *IF* the user chooses to use them. If the user insists on just working the way she/he always has... then these tools seem like an annoying interference. On the other hand I do think that the 'Semantic web/desktop' is over-hyped [in GNOME, KDE, and the Web] by the hard-core evangelists. Some of it seems to assume users spend all thier time in IM chats with their friends and listening to MP3 playlists. But if you're a 'real' user with large documents and heaps of e-mail and spreadsheets then search tools can make many tasks more efficient, provided you learn to use them. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org