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Favorite Folders:
A Configurable, Scalable File Browser
Bongshin Lee and Benjamin B. Bederson
Implementation
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Embedded in the Windows Explorer as an Explorer Bar
 File System Watching
 Updates the view properly whenever the file system changes
Windows Explorer
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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
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Compact View
 Users can hide check boxes and ellipsis nodes
Fast Directory Search
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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
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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