Patent ID: 6344863
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for operating a graphical user interface, comprising:displaying at least one window-block in a graphical user interface, the window-block having a three-dimensional appearance including an x-dimension, a y-dimension, and a z-dimension, wherein said graphical user interface is displayed only in said x-dimension and said y-dimension on a display medium; in response to an input from a user, changing the perspective, at a first rate of change, of the graphical user interface display with relation to the window-block; and in response to an input from the user, when the perspective of the graphical user interface display with relation to the window-block indicates that the user is moving through the window-block along said z-dimension, changing the perspective of the graphical user interface display with relation to the window-block at a second rate of change, wherein the second rate of change is slower that the first rate of change.