Patent ID: 7661069

Claim:
A method for concurrently displaying a plurality of user interface elements on a display screen, the method comprising: presenting a plurality of user interface windows in a Z-order orientation on the display screen, the plurality of user interface windows comprising at least a first user interface window and a second user interface window; determining that a first user interface window is active and that a second user interface window is inactive, wherein the first user interface window and the second user interface window are presented in independent graphical user interface windows in a Z-order orientation on the display screen; based on the first user interface window being active, rendering the first user interface window in a sharp, crisp manner; because the user is not permitted to interact with the second user interface window, rendering the second user interface window in a blurry manner; and scaling the size of each of the plurality of windows in the Z-order orientation so that the size of each window increases from topmost to bottommost in the Z-order orientation; and displaying a slider control that allows a user to selectively change the number of user interface windows presented in a clear, crisp manner.