Rescale's New User Interface: Managing Large File Sets

Rescale addressed a common user interface challenge of selecting a large set of files for group actions by developing an innovative inclusion/exclusion rule system, as traditional methods like checkboxes for each item proved inefficient and could crash browsers when handling extensive data sets. Inspired by Gmail's approach to managing large email selections, Rescale implemented a solution where users initially see only a limited number of files. Users can select files, which are added to an inclusion set, and utilize a "Select all N files" button, which clears the inclusion set and sets a flag for selecting all files, allowing deselected files to be added to an exclusion set. This method enables users to perform group actions efficiently, such as deleting or downloading files, with the flexibility of excluding a few, thus improving the user experience for managing large file outputs from simulations on Rescale's platform.