A method of browsing media items is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of displaying (802) representations of the media items on a display (914), defining (803) a filter criterion for a display pointing device (903), browsing (804) the displayed representations of the media items by moving the pointer of the pointing device about the display (914), and displaying (804) in a pop-up window, while the pointer of the pointing device (903) is designating a selected one of the displayed representations of the media items, a representation of the designated media that satisfies the filter criterion.