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Extensible object previewer in a shell browser

  • US 7,234,114 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2003
  • Issued: 06/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A graphical user interface embodied on one or more computer-readable media and executable on a computer, said graphical user interface comprising:

  • a first screen area for displaying a set of items in a shell browser which supports multiple item types;

    a second screen area for displaying a first preview of a selected item of the set of items, wherein the first preview is generated using a current preview application; and

    a user interface element for selecting a preview application other than the current preview application, from a plurality of available preview applications, to generate, in the second screen area, second preview of the selected item, different from the first preview.

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