Actually, if you point your browser at file:/// you won't need to type further.. Just use it like a file manager in readonly mode and click on stuff you want to look at. There's even a "show hidden stuff" option which ... defaults to ON ! You could even bookmark it and put it on your desktop.. It's a pretty good suggestion, imho. If you want to more specifically look in user's home directory, do the same for file:///home/user/