Patent ID: 8429562

Claim:
A method for displaying icons that respectively represent file system objects that can contain one or more items, said method comprising the following steps: providing a plurality of different sizing functions that are selectable by a user, each of the different sizing functions applicable to a plurality of user selected icons, and at least one of which is based on a number of items contained in the file system objects; receiving a user's designation of a sizing function, from the plurality of different sizing functions; determining whether the received user's designation indicates a sizing function that is based on the number of items contained in the file system objects; if the user designated sizing function is based on the number of items contained in the file system objects, determining, by a processor, the number of items that are respectively contained in a plurality of said file system objects, each of said plurality of file system objects corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of said user selected icons; assigning, by the processor, relative display sizes to said plurality of user selected icons, said relative display sizes being assigned based upon the number of items respectively contained in the file system objects, such that the sizes assigned are representative of the number of items respectively contained in the file system objects that the plurality of user selected icons represent; and displaying on a display device said plurality of user selected icons at their respective assigned display sizes.