Soome servers, e.g. Apache, allow users to configure
the appearance of directory listings--suppress file size or
date, suppress or display "hidden" files, add one-line file 
descriptions, insert your own HTML head and foot for the 
listing.  See
    http://home.olemiss.edu/~mudws/bin/
for a simple example.  All this is achieved by configuring
the server which generates the listings.  


Warren Steel