A method, comprising: at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display: while in a landscape orientation, playing a first piece of content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio, the full-size mode displaying video content using all or substantially all of the horizontal width of the display in the display's current orientation; while playing the first piece of content on the display in the full-size mode in the landscape orientation, detecting a first gesture on the display; in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio, and displaying information about the first piece of content in a second region of the display; displaying one or more touch sensitive user interface components and a plurality of video content icons allowing a user to select different video content, the video content icons corresponding to one of the user interface components in a third region of the display; and while in a portrait orientation playing the first piece of video content, in response to detecting a rotation of the display from the portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, continue playing the first piece of content in a full size mode in the landscape orientation. at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display: while in a landscape orientation, playing a first piece of content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio, the full-size mode displaying video content using all or substantially all of the horizontal width of the display in the display's current orientation; while playing the first piece of content on the display in the full-size mode in the landscape orientation, detecting a first gesture on the display; in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio, and displaying information about the first piece of content in a second region of the display; displaying one or more touch sensitive user interface components and a plurality of video content icons allowing a user to select different video content, the video content icons corresponding to one of the user interface components in a third region of the display; and while in a landscape orientation, playing a first piece of content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio, the full-size mode displaying video content using all or substantially all of the horizontal width of the display in the display's current orientation; while playing the first piece of content on the display in the full-size mode in the landscape orientation, detecting a first gesture on the display; in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio, and displaying information about the first piece of content in a second region of the display; displaying one or more touch sensitive user interface components and a plurality of video content icons allowing a user to select different video content, the video content icons corresponding to one of the user interface components in a third region of the display; and shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio, and displaying information about the first piece of content in a second region of the display; displaying one or more touch sensitive user interface components and a plurality of video content icons allowing a user to select different video content, the video content icons corresponding to one of the user interface components in a third region of the display; and while in a portrait orientation playing the first piece of video content, in response to detecting a rotation of the display from the portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, continue playing the first piece of content in a full size mode in the landscape orientation.