PRIME MOTIONTags and sorting
Folders decide where a design lives. Tags and sorting decide how quickly you find it.
Sorting
| Sort by | Useful when |
|---|---|
| Opened | Getting back to what you were doing — usually the right default |
| Created | Looking for something from a particular period |
| Name | You know exactly what it is called |
Tags
A tag is a label a design can carry, and a design can carry several.
Tags cut across folders, which is exactly what folders cannot do. A design lives in one folder, but it can be tagged oak, customer job and needs finishing at once — and you can ask for any of those.
Which to reach for
Folders for things that belong together permanently — a customer, a product line, a year.
Tags for things that cut across, or that change: a material, a state, a machine.
Sorting for finding something you touched recently, which is most of the time.