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Favorite Folders:
A Configurable, Scalable File Browser
Bongshin Lee and Benjamin B. Bederson
Implementation
Embedded in the Windows Explorer as an Explorer Bar
File System Watching
Updates the view properly whenever the file system changes
Windows Explorer
Provides us with one fixed view
Shows most directories in the file system
Users may have a hard time finding directories
Easy Annotation
Integrates the annotation process into the user’s navigation
Updates favorite folders incrementally
It will not take much time to reach a stable state
Users may want to spend time on specifying the directories they
want to see
Compact View
Users can hide check boxes and ellipsis nodes
Fast Directory Search
Stores necessary information in the
database
Indexes folders by name
Shows search results in the context
Keyword auto completion
Favorite Folders Search
Vs.
Windows Search
Favorite Folders
Only shows the directories users want to see
Lets users specify whether or not they want to see
the directory
Hides directories behind a special ellipsis (…) node
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil