Patent ID: 9141260
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by an operating system executed by a processing device of a computing system, a workspace overview graphical user interface (GUI) representing a desktop environment of an operating system of the computing system, the workspace overview GUI having a first area and a second area, the first area comprising visual indicators of favorite applications of a user that are installed on the computing system, and the second area comprising a plurality of regions, each region representing a different work space, a first one of the plurality of regions representing a first work space including a first existing subset of multiple windows open for respective ones of the favorite applications, and a second one of the plurality of regions representing a second work space including a second existing subset of multiple windows open for respective ones of the favorite applications; receiving, via the workspace overview GUI, a user request to open a new window for a new one of the favorite applications in the first work space, in addition to the first existing subset of windows in the first work space; adding, by the operating system, the new window to the first work space; and presenting, in the workspace overview GUI of the desktop environment, the new window in a reduced form in the region representing the first work space without overlapping open windows of applications from the existing first subset of windows in the first work space.