Patent ID: 8464177

Claim:
A method for replacing display content in a window of a graphical user interface, the method comprising: displaying a window in a graphical user interface; displaying first display content in the window; receiving a request initiated by a user to reduce a size of the window to a first size and then to a second size smaller than the first size; continuously reducing the size of the window to the first size and then to the second size in response to the request; adjusting at least one of a scrollbar or white space in the window in order to reduce the size of the window to the first size while still displaying the first display content in the window, wherein the first size is greater than at least one of a predetermined horizontal or vertical threshold amount; accessing second display content based on the request, the second display content being different from the first display content; removing the scrollbar from the window and substituting the first display content in the window with the accessed second display content in order to reduce the size of the window from the first size to the second size, wherein the second size is less than the at least one of a predetermined horizontal or vertical threshold.