> Are you thinking of queries? No. But good point. > Axel is speaking of regular files in a folder. I know. So was I. > Sure, you -could- limit the number of files displayed, > but is there any system that does? I don't think so, but does it matter? > You can do other tricks to improve the illusion of speed, > like letting visible items have their metadata updates first, > and improving the listviews' datastructures so they don't > slow down exponentially with larger amounts of files. Nice one! > I'd say it seems you're thinking inside the web. > (SQL, PHP, search results..) Is SQL==web? My MySQLFront handles queries that way, which makes sense to me. Problem there: (unlike PHPMyAdmin no navigational buttons to retrieve the next result set). Helmar