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kovidgoyal · 03-29-2010, 11:31 PM

I'd like to understand a little more about the need for a special column. As I see it, there are two advantages to a column as opposed to a tag.

1) Sorting (this is not really an advantage for a field like source as far as I can see)

2) Easy reference (the contents of a column are easily visible, while a tag can be hard to spot if there are a lot of tags).

I agree that (2) is an advantage. However, I don't really understand the use case.

I tag books by source in my own library. If I'm in the mood for books from a certain source, I just use the tag browser or type in the search and then browse over the books in the main view.

03-29-2010, 11:31 PM	#55
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,500 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd like to understand a little more about the need for a special column. As I see it, there are two advantages to a column as opposed to a tag. 1) Sorting (this is not really an advantage for a field like source as far as I can see) 2) Easy reference (the contents of a column are easily visible, while a tag can be hard to spot if there are a lot of tags). I agree that (2) is an advantage. However, I don't really understand the use case. I tag books by source in my own library. If I'm in the mood for books from a certain source, I just use the tag browser or type in the search and then browse over the books in the main view.