1. In a computer system having a display and a memory for storing items, a method of viewing selected items, the method comprising: navigating, within a browser, to a view of a desired collection of items in a virtual folder, wherein the virtual folder creates an underlying file system storage location independent view of the desired collection of items, wherein navigating to a view of a desired collection of items comprises filtering a plurality of items based on metadata associated with each item of the plurality of items, and wherein the filtering comprises causing removal of one or more of the plurality of items to result in the view of the desired collection of items in the virtual folder; 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; and 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 plurality of items causing removal of one or more items of the plurality of items to result in a second view of the desired collection of items in the virtual folder.