Patent ID: 7665033

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for using a zooming effect to provide additional display space for application management, wherein the computer includes a processor, the method comprising: receiving a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management, wherein a display device presents an image of a computer desktop to the user; and in response to the request, decreasing the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area, displaying an item in the extended display; and displaying a user interface element in the extended display area, wherein by adjusting the user interface element in the extended display area, a user either zooms in to increase the display area of the desktop or zooms out to decrease the display area of the desktop, wherein increasing the display area of the desktop involves proportionally reducing the area of the extended display area and decreasing the display area of the desktop involves proportionally reducing the area of the extended display area.