1. A method of truncating character strings in a computing environment, comprising: receiving a list including plural character strings; truncating one or more of the character strings to generate a display list of unique character strings based on determining a truncation location within each string by: scoring each character in the string for similarity to the other characters in the display list and then finding the lowest scoring N characters where N is the length of the truncated string; if the determined truncation location does not reach either end of the string, then truncating at that location; wherein the strings are truncated at the beginning, end, or in between; and displaying the character strings of the display list in context with each other on a user interface; wherein each displayed character string is unique in relation to the other displayed character strings, enabling a user to more easily differentiate between the displayed character string.
1. A method of truncating character strings in a computing environment, comprising: receiving a list including plural character strings; truncating one or more of the character strings to generate a display list of unique character strings based on determining a truncation location within each string by: scoring each character in the string for similarity to the other characters in the display list and then finding the lowest scoring N characters where N is the length of the truncated string; if the determined truncation location does not reach either end of the string, then truncating at that location; wherein the strings are truncated at the beginning, end, or in between; and displaying the character strings of the display list in context with each other on a user interface; wherein each displayed character string is unique in relation to the other displayed character strings, enabling a user to more easily differentiate between the displayed character string. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein truncating each character string further includes truncating each of the character strings to generate a display list of unique truncated character strings.