Comment 1 for bug 655164

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Markus Korn (thekorn) wrote :

Having such ResultTypes sounds reasonable to me, but let's ignore the implementation details for now, and think about the `Support more ResultType` topic a bit more:
This bugreport made me realize that the ResultType system as we have it right now does not scale very well. Right now we have 15 different types, and a bugreport like this one will add another eight. At some point we will end in an usability nightmare, where it will be hard for our users to find out which ResultType they want in their query. I must admit it's even right now hard for me to think about the correct type when designing a query, and i expect others, who do not think about zeitgeist daily, having even more problems with them.
So, I think it is the right point in time right now to the about the more general question "How can we support more ResultTypes in a user friendly way?" - and at the end of this process we can easily add the ones requested in this bugreport.