Patent ID: 7391423
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: displaying a display pane and an image scaling tool on a display device, the display pane being subject to resizing and displayed at a current width and a current height, the image scaling tool having two or more selectable positions; receiving one or more thumbnails; designating one of the one or more thumbnails to be a reference thumbnail, the reference thumbnail being an image having a particular aspect ratio; calculating a maximum display width and maximum display height at which the reference thumbnail, without being cropped or having its particular aspect ratio altered, can fit in the display pane being displayed; calculating, for a first of the two or more selectable positions of the image scaling tool, a target display width and a target display height, the calculation being based on the maximum display width and maximum display height of the reference thumbnail; associating the target display width and the target display height with the first position, wherein selection of the first position scales the thumbnails to be displayed at the target display width and the target display height; and recalculating the target display width and the target display height whenever the width or the height of the display pane being displayed changes.