System and method for filtering and organizing items based on metadata

One or more computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed by a computing system having a processor and memory, cause the computing system to perform a method for viewing items, the method comprising:

• navigating to a view of a desired collection of items within a virtual folder that provides a storage location-independent view, within a browser, of the desired collection of items, wherein the view of the desired collection of items is based on filtering metadata associated with each item of a plurality of items;
• providing a named link associated with the desired collection of items, wherein the named link describes the desired collection of items and displays a number indicating the number of items in the desired collection of items;
• receiving one or more changes to one or more items in the plurality of items;
• following the changes, upon receiving a selection of the named link, filtering the plurality of items based on metadata associated with each item of the of the plurality of items causing removal of one or more of the items in the plurality of items;
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• providing a second view of the desired collection of items on a display.

A computing device including a processor and one or more computer readable storage media having stored computer readable instructions, that when executed by the computing device, perform operations comprising:

• navigating, within a browser, to a view of a desired collection of items in a virtual folder, wherein the view of the desired collection of items in the virtual folder is formed by filtering metadata of each item of a plurality of items without regard to a storage location of each item of the plurality of items on a physical underlying file system structure;
• providing a named link associated with the desired collection of items, wherein the named link describes the desired collection of items and displays a number indicating the number of items in the desired collection of items;
• receiving one or more changes to one or more items in the plurality of items;
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• following the changes, upon receiving a selection of the named link, filtering the plurality of items based on the metadata associated with each item of the plurality of items causing removal of one or more of the items of the Plurality of items to result in a second view of the desired collection of items in the virtual folder.