Filter Pools

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I promised I'd give filter pools a chance and frankly, I no longer
know now how I got along without them.  So far, I've rarely had a reason to
want more than the one level of indirection (filter pool, then filter) that
it affords. I create a filter pool for a particular task and add filters to
it.  I create a miscellaneous pool and use it for short-term filters.  When
one becomes used regularly enough, I promote it into a stable pool.  So far,
all is good in the land of pools.

 

However, I would STILL like the ability to order the entries in a pool as I
see fit, and also to subset the pool.  The ordering would just be another
property of the filter pool.

 

The subset is more of a productivity thing.  There are just times when I
have a big ol' pool and I want to quickly look at a set of entries; in that
case, I'd like a PDM-like subset option.  As far as a persistent subset, I'm
not yet sure I need that; I can just create another filter.

 

And still, of course, I'd the drag-n-drop ability to move and reorder my
pools.

 

Just thought I'd update the list on one guy's findings.

 

Joe