Patent ID: 8713465

Claim:
A method of manipulating tabs within a graphical user interface executed by an apparatus, the method comprising: registering, with a window manager, at least one first tab and a relationship of the at least one first tab with a first window in a first tab registry; registering, with the window manager, at least one second tab and a relationship of the at least one second tab with a second window in a first tab registry; receiving a command to display an organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab registered with the window manager; organizing the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab registered with the window manager according to the organized representation, the organizing including arranging the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab according to a history of when the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab were accessed, wherein the arranging is not based on the relationship of the at least one first tab with the first window or the relationship of the at least one second tab with the second window; displaying the organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab via a graphical display; receiving at least a portion of a registry of tabs from a secondary apparatus remote from the apparatus, the portion of the registry of tabs including a remote tab previously created by the secondary apparatus; and accessing tab history information, from the portion of the registry of tabs received from the secondary apparatus, to update the first tab registry to incorporate the remote tab such that the at least one first tab, the at least one second tab, and the remote tab are arranged and displayed according to the history of when the tabs were accessed.