Patent ID: 8346587

Claim:
A system that facilitates displaying information in connection with a computer user's computer workspace, comprising: at least one processor that executes a plurality of components, the components comprising: a component that determines a likelihood value for a plurality of display items, the likelihood for each of the plurality of display items indicating a likelihood that a user will access the display item as part of using the computer workspace, the likelihood being determined based at least in part on detected actions of the user indicating a context of user interaction with the computer workspace; a cost component that determines, for each of the plurality of display items, a navigation cost to access the display item if the display item is hidden on the display; and a hiding component that selectively exposes a subset of the plurality of display items, the subset being selected based at least in part upon the determined likelihood value and the navigation cost, the hiding component segmenting the plurality of display items a into a subset of displayed items d and one or more subsets of items h that are hidden but accessible via action or gesture, wherein the workspace comprises a word processing application and the display items are choices in a dropdown menu associated with a menu item relating to at least one function performed by the word processing application.