A method for managing digital content items, the method comprising: storing an arrangement of message collections on a computing device, the arrangement of message collections including a first collection, a second collection, and a third collection, each message collection in the arrangement of message collections having a virtual location assigned thereto such that the first, second, and third collections are virtually located along a first axis with the second collection being virtually located in a first direction from the first collection and the third collection being virtually located in a second direction from the first collection, the second direction being opposite the first direction; selecting an active collection from the arrangement of message collections, wherein other message collections in the arrangement of message collections are inactive collections; displaying, on a display screen of the computing device, the active collection while the inactive collections are not displayed; detecting a first swipe gesture applied to a first message item of the active collection, the first swipe gesture being along the first axis; and executing an action on the first message item in response to the detected first swipe gesture, wherein executing the action includes: in the event that the first collection is the active collection and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the second collection; in the event that the first collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the third collection; in the event that the third collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the first collection; and in the event that the second collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the first collection. storing an arrangement of message collections on a computing device, the arrangement of message collections including a first collection, a second collection, and a third collection, each message collection in the arrangement of message collections having a virtual location assigned thereto such that the first, second, and third collections are virtually located along a first axis with the second collection being virtually located in a first direction from the first collection and the third collection being virtually located in a second direction from the first collection, the second direction being opposite the first direction; selecting an active collection from the arrangement of message collections, wherein other message collections in the arrangement of message collections are inactive collections; displaying, on a display screen of the computing device, the active collection while the inactive collections are not displayed; detecting a first swipe gesture applied to a first message item of the active collection, the first swipe gesture being along the first axis; and executing an action on the first message item in response to the detected first swipe gesture, wherein executing the action includes: in the event that the first collection is the active collection and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the second collection; in the event that the first collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the third collection; in the event that the third collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the first collection; and in the event that the second collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the first collection. in the event that the first collection is the active collection and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the second collection; in the event that the first collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the third collection; in the event that the third collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the first direction, transferring the message item to the first collection; and in the event that the second collection is active and the first swipe gesture is in the second direction, transferring the message item to the first collection.