Patent ID: 7650575
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising: responsive to detecting a first request to associate a first object with a folder in a graphical user interface, presenting to a user one of feedback that the first object will be moved into the folder or feedback that the first object will be copied into the folder as a result of the first request to associate the first object with the folder and either moving the first object into the folder or copying the first object into the folder; responsive to detecting a second request to associate a second object with a list in the graphical user interface, presenting feedback to a user that a shortcut will be added to the second object in the list as a result of the second request to associate the second object with the list and adding a shortcut to the second object in the list; and responsive to detecting a third request to associate a third object with a persisted auto-list in the graphical user interface, presenting feedback to a user that a property will be added, removed, or modified as a result of the third request to associate the third object with the persisted auto-list and conforming one of an intrinsic property associated with the third object or an intrinsic property of a copy of the third object in a manner that depends on a criterion defined by the persisted auto-list, wherein the persisted auto-list is a dynamic list containing a set of objects that meet one or more criteria associated with the list and wherein the set of objects in the persisted auto-list automatically changes in accordance with a change in properties of various objects and wherein the intrinsic property is a property that is stored with the item.