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Fast Directory Search Stores necessary information in the database Indexes folders by name Shows search results in

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 Easy Annotation

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Fast Directory Search Stores necessary information in the database Indexes folders by name Shows search results in

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  1. 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 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 Windows Explorer • Provides us with one fixed view • Shows most directories in the file system • Users may have a hard time finding directories 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

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