There seems to be no icon for quickly getting to the parent directory.  In structured image storage this fuctionality is extremely beneficial.

Currently it seems it can only be accomplished by the file dropdown field .

Information about your version of Java:

  os.arch => amd64
  os.name => Windows 7
  os.version => 6.1
  java.version => 1.6.0_24
  java.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.runtime.name => Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
  java.runtime.version => 1.6.0_24-b07
  java.vm.name => Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
  java.vm.version => 19.1-b02
  java.vm.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.vm.info => mixed mode
  java.awt.graphicsenv => sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
  java.specification.name => Java Platform API Specification
  java.specification.version => 1.6
  sun.cpu.endian => little
  sun.desktop => windows
  file.separator => \

The up-to-date check says: UP_TO_DATE

Information relevant to JAVA_HOME related problems:

  JAVA_HOME is set to: C:\Fiji.app/java/win64/jdk1.6.0_24//jre
  imagej.dir => C:\Fiji.app

Information about the version of each plugin:

Activated update sites:
ImageJ: http://update.imagej.net/ (last check:20140611123802)
Fiji: http://fiji.sc/update/ (last check:20140610170938)