[SpiralOcean]

Yes... I'm bringing this up again... :-)

I'm as hesitant as anyone to open the pandora box of tags. I don't want to see OmniFocus turn into an unfocused mess. I think tagging can be done elegantly, it's just a matter of doing it... elegantly.

I have another thought about how this might be integrated into OF.

In my opinion, one of the problems with tagging is it is usually done with text, and when searching for tags, a person has to keep the correct tag name in mind.

Here is how tagging could work in OF.

All contexts are tags
Every action has a default tag of the context it is in.

If a user wanted to tag an action item, there would be another box in the inspector with all contexts and a checkbox next to them.
They simply check boxes if they want more than one tag applied to an action.

If a user wanted to search for tags.
There would be another, bar, right underneath the view bar.
They select show tag bar and it appears, with all the contexts as checkboxes.
The currently selected context would be checked in the tag bar.

If a user never wants to touch tags, they don't have to.

If the user wanted to search for more tags to narrow a field down,
they place a checkbox next to the appropriate tag in the tag bar.

If a user wanted to change the context, they select a different tag box.

Thats the basic idea. Another level could be added with folders as tags.
Possibly with another bar... folder bar.

This would allow a user to "focus" on a folder and still work with tags and contexts.

The ability to tag an action item would allow for the following scenarios to be solved:
• Home project with a work action
the work action would have a tag of home folder, work folder, calls
When a user is in the work folder, looking through their calls context, they would see the action item that needs to be completed at work but resides in a home folder.

• Agendas for specific people
an action item could have a default context of calls, with a tag of larry.
if they are going through their calls, they will see the action
if Larry suddenly appears in the room, they can filter by larry and see the action item.

For what it's worth... ¢¢