From MWCSWiki

Team File Browser

Contents 1 Deadlines 2 Main Features 2.1 Priorities for beta 3 Architecture

Deadlines

Feature/Fix	Owned by	Deadline
Detects browser	Elliott	4/23
Remove sortables feature	Sam	4/23
Make directories droppable	Elliott	4/23
Make items draggable	Elliott	4/23
Delete file tree pane (replace with icons)	Sam/Elliott	4/23
Put username in cookie (made a getUser() function on the server)	Eric	4/23
Lighter color for help screen	Sam	4/23
Details in list view	Sam/Elliott	4/25
Shortcut keys	Elliott	4/25
Add creative commons logo, W3C validation logo, Get Firefox logo, and possibly a project logo	Sam	4/25
Logout button	Sam/Eric	4/25
Install scripts in each user's directory	Eric	4/27
Right-click menu	Elliott	4/27
Sort files	Sam	4/27
Refresh directory after uploading	Sam	4/27

Main Features

• Create directories
• Delete directories
• Delete files
• Preview files and information (mouseover tooltip)
• Download files/directories
• Upload files
• Show space available
• Address bar (typable)
• Selectable themes
• Different views (list, icons)
• List view displays file size, permissions, modification date
• Drag-and-drop files and directories
• Automatically arrange/cleanup files in the window
• Right-click options such as properties, delete, copy, download, etc.
• Shortcut keys
• Turn on/off hidden files and directories
• Search for files/directories

Priorities for beta

• Copy files/directories
• Move files/directories
• Download files
• Upload files
• Help screen
• Default icon (check if picture exists first)
• List view (change CSS file)
• Logout button
• Better color scheme
• Cookie for username

Architecture

• Model
  • Perl scripts on the server
  • Authenticates users
  • Performs actions on files and directories
  • Returns directory listings and information to client
• View
  • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Client script manipulates the user interface, formats the display, provides tooltips and other interface features
  • Calls functions provided by the model (server)
• Control
  • Client-side JavaScript
  • Sends requests to the model (server) and returns the results to the view