feature request - bookmark directories?
feature request - bookmark directories?
This looks like a great product! One thing I am missing compared to other tools I've used is the ability to bookmark directories that I visit regularly (on both the server and the client side). Would you consider adding this feature? Thanks!
Ah, I see. But that wasn't exactly what I had in mind; I really do not want to have to reauthenticate to the server when I want to move back and forth between frequently visited directories (and I must not be required to store my password in the site profile to avoid reauthentication).
A true "directory bookmark" would simply save the directory in a list so that I can quickly change directories during a single session on the server. In fact, you are already saving a number of the directories I've visited during a session in a drop-down list (I do not yet know if there is a limit to the number of directories in that list), but that list is destroyed when the session is ended; why not save the list in a site profile for use during the next session, and allow users to order the entries in the list according to their own preferences.
Thanks for your reply.
A true "directory bookmark" would simply save the directory in a list so that I can quickly change directories during a single session on the server. In fact, you are already saving a number of the directories I've visited during a session in a drop-down list (I do not yet know if there is a limit to the number of directories in that list), but that list is destroyed when the session is ended; why not save the list in a site profile for use during the next session, and allow users to order the entries in the list according to their own preferences.
Thanks for your reply.
Thanks so much for the attention you are giving this suggestion! 
I'm thinking that the dropdown would probably be OK for this, but I've rethought the idea of how much control users would need over the sorting of the list, and that may affect your choice for implementation.
You are currently using alpha order for the list; this makes good sense. Forget my idea of allowing users to sort the list themselves; now that I've thought it over, user sort capability may add confusion for the user, especially if there are a lot of bookmarks. It's also a lot less work for you
If you use the dropdown to display both the bookmarked and the visited unbookmarked directories, you might consider sorting them first by bookmark status and then by alpha, so all the bookmarked dirs are at the top in alpha order, then all the unbookmarked dirs are at the bottom in alpha order, perhaps with a separator line between them (this might work better as a menu or submenu, but that's best left to your judgement).
Of course, if a user visits a directory that they've bookmarked, but did not use a bookmark to navigate to it, you would not need to add it to the list. And at the end of a session, you would save the list of bookmarked directories (if any) to the site profile, and at the start of a session, you would load such a list (if one exists).
Of course, the method of bookmarking or unbookmarking a directory will depend on the way you present the list, but I suspect that this part won't be too difficult.
Again, thank you for your consideration!
I'm thinking that the dropdown would probably be OK for this, but I've rethought the idea of how much control users would need over the sorting of the list, and that may affect your choice for implementation.
You are currently using alpha order for the list; this makes good sense. Forget my idea of allowing users to sort the list themselves; now that I've thought it over, user sort capability may add confusion for the user, especially if there are a lot of bookmarks. It's also a lot less work for you
If you use the dropdown to display both the bookmarked and the visited unbookmarked directories, you might consider sorting them first by bookmark status and then by alpha, so all the bookmarked dirs are at the top in alpha order, then all the unbookmarked dirs are at the bottom in alpha order, perhaps with a separator line between them (this might work better as a menu or submenu, but that's best left to your judgement).
Of course, if a user visits a directory that they've bookmarked, but did not use a bookmark to navigate to it, you would not need to add it to the list. And at the end of a session, you would save the list of bookmarked directories (if any) to the site profile, and at the start of a session, you would load such a list (if one exists).
Of course, the method of bookmarking or unbookmarking a directory will depend on the way you present the list, but I suspect that this part won't be too difficult.
Again, thank you for your consideration!