May need some changes in list view for 2.4
Web-Based File System Interface
This is the web interface to AFS at the Universtiy of Michigan.
Selecting a folder enables some actions:
Selecting a file enables other actions:
Windows XP Explorer
A combo box from Windows Explorer showing a hierarchy on left and flat view of one folder on right
MacOSX File Browser
A hierarchical view from MacOSX file browser
A paneled view from MacOSX file browser
Blackboard
It seems that Blackboard looks more like the way Sakai used to be, with 'add' buttons at the top in the actions bar, rather than by the folders, and no tree view. I notice that they've called WebDav 'Web Folder' - interesting in view of the debates that there have been lately about renaming it to make it intentionally more obscure, rather than less.
Flicker
Slightly different - but a view from Flickr showing all files (here, images) along the bottom of the screen, with the 'folders' (here, sets) at the top
Google Groups
screenshots from Google Groups, which are looking at this in a radically pared-down approach
Windows Vista (Tablet PC) File Browser
Checkboxes have been introduced in the Windows Vista Tablet PC version of the Explorer. One of the main advantages being solving the inability on a Tablet PC to easily use shift-click or cntrl-click (especially on slate models with no keyboard) for selecting muliple items on which to perform actions. There is the generic check all/uncheck all box in the column header, and then as you mouse over an item a checkbox appears in the blank area in front of it, but dissappears again unless you check it. Don't think we need to get that fancy in Sakai, the checkboxes could always be there, however, the overall approach would work well in a web environment too. (Note that this is the default Detail view, there are also icon and list views; and, you can display the typical "File Edit ..." menu or not, show the navigation pane on the left or not, show the detail pane at the bottom or not, etc.)
