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Team File Browser

Deadlines

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

Main Features

• <s>Create directories</s>
• <s>Delete directories</s>
• <s>Delete files</s>
• <s>Preview files and information (mouseover tooltip)</s>
• <s>Download files/directories</s>
• <s>Upload files</s>
• Show space available
• <s>Address bar (typable)</s>
• Selectable themes
• <s>Different views (list, icons)</s>
• List view displays file size, permissions, modification date
• Drag-and-drop files and directories
• <s>Automatically arrange/cleanup files in the window</s>
• 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

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