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Windows XP Preview
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Filmstrip View
Do you take a lot of pictures with your digital camera? The filmstrip view is one of several new views designed to help you see what your pictures look like without having to open each one! All of the pictures in the folder are listed along the bottom, with small thumbnails, while a larger preview shows more detail of the selected picture. You can scroll through your photos using the blue arrows underneath the large preview, or using the scrollbar underneath the thumbnails, if you have that many pictures. If you need to rotate the picture, you can do so using the two Rotate buttons under the preview.
Thumbnail View
The thumbnail view can work a number of ways. If you have a folder full of pictures, it will display thumbnail images of those pictures, making it easy to find the picture that you are looking for.
Or, say you keep related files in a folder - say for a school project. You can create an image called either folder.gif or folder.jpg and save it in a folder. Then when you're in thumbnail view, that file will be displayed on top of a folder icon. This is GREAT for being able to organize your MP3 or WMA files into albums, saving the album art as that image.
Left Border Objects
As you might notice on the above two screen shots, there are three small panes on the left side of the windows. These panes appear in all folders, regardless of view, unless the Web View option is turned off for that folder (need to verify this!). The top one shows common tasks, such as renaming, moving, copying, and other actions commonly taken. The middle one is Other Places, which offers direct links to commonly used places on your computer and/or network. And the last one is Details, which shows some basic information about the file or folder that is selected.
All of the left border objects can be collapsed or expanded by clicking on the double-arrow at the top of each of the panes.