While searching for something faster than phpMyAdmin for my daily MySQL work, I found a documented trick for going directly to a specific db /table.
If your usual phpMyAdmin URL is e.g. http://127.0.0.1/mysql/, and you want to go directly to table "hours", you would type http://127.0.0.1/mysql/index.php?db=hours. If you want to go to the table "bob" in "hours", then http://127.0.0.1/mysql/index.php?db=hours&table=bob.
Now, anyone have any suggestions for free, fast alternatives to phpMyAdmin for working with local DBs in Windows?