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I noticed that there are some new entries in "Categories" but also some mistakes, duplicates and just unclear/useless entries.
Full list:
Audio
Audio - Catalogers
Audio - Conversion
Audio - Editors
Audio - Identification
Audio - iPod Managers
Audio - Miscellaneous
Audio - MP3 Editors
Audio - MP3 Tag Editors
Audio - Players
Audio - Processing
Audio - Recording
Audio - Synthesizers

Audio editors
Audio editors

CAD
CAD

CD/DVD
CD/DVD - Authoring
CD/DVD - Burners
CD/DVD - Catalogers
CD/DVD - Emulation
CD/DVD - Identification
CD/DVD - Image Tools
CD/DVD - Miscellaneous
CD/DVD - Players
CD/DVD - Rippers

Education
Education - Astronomy
Education - Computing
Education - Dictionaries
Education - Geography
Education - Language
Education - Math
Education - Miscellaneous
Education - Music
Education - Religion
Education - Thesaurus
Education - Typing

Files
Files - Attribute Tools
Files - Backup/Restore
Files - Catalogers
Files - Change Detection
Files - Checksum Calculators
Files - Comparison
Files - Compression/Decompression
Files - Copiers
Files - Disk Space Tools
Files - Duplicate Checkers
Files - Integrity Checkers
Files - Managers
Files - Miscellaneous
Files - Recovery
Files - Renamers
Files - Search
Files - Splitters
Files - Strings Search
Files - Synchronization
Files - Unlocking Tools

Games
Games - Action
Games - Adventure
Games - Cards
Games - Dice
Games - Puzzles
Games - RPG
Games - Simulation
Games - Solitaire
Games - Strategy
Games - Tools

Graphics
Graphics - 3D
Graphics - Animation
Graphics - Color Tools
Graphics - Diagramming
Graphics - Editors
Graphics - Icon and Cursor Editors
Graphics - Miscellaneous
Graphics - OCR
Graphics - Processing
Graphics - Screen Capture
Graphics - Viewers

Internet
Internet - Bookmark Managers
Internet - Calendar Clients
Internet - Download Managers
Internet - Email Clients
Internet - Email Servers
Internet - Email Tools
Internet - File Transfer
Internet - FTP Clients
Internet - FTP Servers
Internet - HTML Tools
Internet - Instant Messengers
Internet - IRC Clients
Internet - Media Clients
Internet - Media Servers
Internet - Miscellaneous
Internet - NNTP Clients
Internet - Offline Browsers
Internet - P2P Clients
Internet - Podcast Managers
Internet - Proxy Servers
Internet - RSS Readers
Internet - SEO Tools
Internet - SSH Clients
Internet - Telnet Clients
Internet - Time Clients
Internet - Video Downloaders
Internet - VoIP Clients
Internet - Weather Clients
Internet - Web Authoring
Internet - Web Browser Tools
Internet - Web Browsers
Internet - Web Link Checkers
Internet - Web Servers

Math
Math - Calculators
Math - Graphing Tools

music
music

notation
notation

Others
Others - .NET Apps
Others - Bibliography
Others - Book Catalogers
Others - Catalogers
Others - Data Analysis
Others - Database Tools
Others - DotNET
Others - EBooks
Others - Emulators
Others - Genealogy
Others - GPS
Others - Java Apps
Others - LiveUSB
Others - Mapping
Others - Mind Mappers
Others - Miscellaneous
Others - Mobile Phone
Others - Movie Catalogers
Others - Phone Tools
Others - Photography
Others - Pointless Fun
Others - Specialized Editors
Others - Text-to-Speech

PDF
PDF - Capture
PDF - Conversion
PDF - Editors
PDF - Processing
PDF - Publishing
PDF - Readers

Productivity
Productivity - Clipboard Tools
Productivity - Data Extraction
Productivity - Desktop Accessories
Productivity - Desktop Background
Productivity - Desktop Calendars
Productivity - Desktop Notes
Productivity - Desktop Organization
Productivity - Desktop Publishing
Productivity - Document Converters
Productivity - Document Viewers
Productivity - Financial Tools
Productivity - Hide Taskbar
Productivity - Miscellaneous
Productivity - Mouse Gestures
Productivity - Office Suites
Productivity - Outline Editors
Productivity - PIMs
Productivity - Program Launchers
Productivity - Project Managers
Productivity - Scheduling Tools
Productivity - Spreadsheets
Productivity - Time Converters
Productivity - Typing aid
Productivity - Unit Converters
Productivity - Version Control System
Productivity - Virtual Desktops
Productivity - Window Management
Productivity - Window ManagementProductivity - Desktop Organization
Productivity - Word Processors

Professional
Professional

Professional musicnotation software
Professional musicnotation software

Programming
Programming - Debuggers
Programming - Help Authoring
Programming - Hex Editors;
Programming - IDEs
Programming - Installers
Programming - Miscellaneous
Programming - Resource Tools
Programming - Scripting Languages

Security
Security - Encryption/Decryption
Security - Forensic Tools
Security - Malware Detection
Security - Miscellaneous
Security - Password Generators
Security - Password Managers
Security - Password Recovery
Security - Privacy Tools
Security - Product Key Recovery
Security - Secure Deletion
Security - Steganography

System
System - Accessibility
System - Administration
System - Benchmark
System - CPU
System - Disk Cleaners
System - Disk Defragmenters
System - Disk Recovery
System - Display
System - Font Tools
System - Installation/Configuration
System - Keyboard/Mouse
System - Machine Info
System - Miscellaneous
System - Monitoring
System - Network
System - Printer/Scanner
System - RAM
System - Registry
System - Remote Control
System - Shell Replacements
System - Storage
System - Stress Tests
System - Task Managers
System - Update

Text
Text - Comparison
Text - Editors
Text - Notepads
Text - Processing
Text - Search/Replace
Text - Viewers

Video
Video - Authoring
Video - Capture
Video - Codec Identification
Video - Conversion
Video - Miscellaneous
Video - Players
Video - Processing
Video - Repair
Video - Subtitle Editors

Audio editors
Audio editors
but there are already "Audio - Editors" under "Audio"



"CAD" should be in "Graphics" or at least in "Productivity", why separate category?


Games
Games - Cards
Games - Solitaire
Solitaire is a card game, no?


Education
Education - Math

Math
Math - Calculators
Math - Graphing Tools
if separate category "Math", what would go in "Education - Math"?


music
music

notation
notation
obvious mistakes


Others
Others - .NET Apps
Others - DotNET
Others - Java Apps
why "Others - DotNET"? There should be only "Others - .NET Apps", like "Others - Java Apps", "Others - DotNET" need to be removed


Productivity
Productivity - Desktop Organization
Productivity - Window Management
Productivity - Window ManagementProductivity - Desktop Organization
what is this? "Productivity - Window ManagementProductivity - Desktop Organization" should be removed


Productivity
Productivity - Word Processors

Text
Text - Processing
duplicates


Professional
Professional
??? Mistake?


Professional musicnotation software
Professional musicnotation software
"Music notation" to "Productivity" or even "Others". And why "Professional"?
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#2 Post by Andrew Lee »

The categories in the editor are consolidated from both public and private entries, as opposed to the filtered list in the All categories page.

I am not sure how this can be reconciled. Purging them will be a lot of work (because you will also need to fix up all the database entries that refer to the purged categories). Plus they will be messed up again pretty quickly by users adding new private entries.

Perhaps I can add a checkbox that makes the list display filtered categories only. That will clean up the messiness visually without actually purging those private categories from the database.

Is that a satisfactory workaround?

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#3 Post by billon »

Anybody can add random senseless category out of their mind? :shock: Didn't knew about that, I was sure that all categories was made by you.
How about removing such possibility and clear all that mess?
Andrew Lee wrote: Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:45 pm Purging them will be a lot of work (because you will also need to fix up all the database entries that refer to the purged categories).
I believe even many "normal" categories has zero entries. There could be some "transitional period" after when will be decided which categories should be removed to fix possible "orphaned" entries

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#4 Post by Midas »

Every now and then, I'd take a look at them and try to do a little editing and a little pruning. Avowedly, it's been a long time now. :(

The logic behind my actions has always been that, unless absolutely warranted, a category with only one or two members is as useless as one who has more than a score... I must say that I never minded the open and interactive nature of the process -- until its failure becomes manifest by resilient management issues (e.g., such as now).

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#5 Post by webfork »

billon wrote: Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:50 am Anybody can add random senseless category out of their mind? :shock: Didn't knew about that, I was sure that all categories was made by you.
How about removing such possibility and clear all that mess?
The old method (I can drag up a few old posts about this) was for someone to suggest re-categorization of a few different entries or the addition of a new category. By opening it up, it took some of the burden off users to research and structure that process and Andrew to manage them.

I need to emphasize that I don't disagree with your conclusions and I'm really impressed by the work you put into this analysis, it's just that this is something we did intentionally. The thought was that folks like you and me would monitor entries to the categories list and cut out or consolidate. Sadly I think I've neglected this area over the past 3 years.
Last edited by webfork on Sat Mar 10, 2018 11:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: (Added the last two sentences)

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#6 Post by billon »

Removed:
Audio editors
Audio editors

CAD
CAD

music
music

notation
notation

Productivity - Window ManagementProductivity - Desktop Organization

Professional
Professional

Professional musicnotation software
Professional musicnotation software

Not for long? :?

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#7 Post by Andrew Lee »

So here's what I have done.

By default now, only public categories are shown.

There's a checkbox that allows one to display the private categories if desired.

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#8 Post by __philippe »

Nice, Thanks !

Perhaps we can reinstate CAD | CAD/CAM as legit private categories, then ? :wink:

(Would suit FreeDraft nicely, pending other likely candidates such as SolveSpace ...)

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#9 Post by billon »

__philippe wrote: Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:35 am Perhaps we can reinstate CAD | CAD/CAM as legit private categories
Graphics
Graphics - 3D
Graphics - Miscellaneous
:evil: :evil: :evil:

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#10 Post by __philippe »

@billon :o

For the purpose of efficiently parsing the Graphics Categories, specific entries such as "CAD/CAM"
(which may include products with 2D or 3D drawing functions, BTW)
seem more appropriate than "3D", for instance, and certainly more so than grab-bag "Miscellaneous".

And this would be a private entry, anyway, so it would not "pollute" the default public Categories display,
but could still be used as a specific search argument to return likely pertinent hits.

Opinions may differ, of course...shall we vote ? :wink:

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