Patent ID: 8621388

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a display apparatus; an input apparatus for accepting a request for performing processing; and a control device for controlling display on said display apparatus, said control device performing determination processing for determining whether a time period required for said processing requested to be performed is predictable, further performing first display processing for providing animation display by continuously displaying two or more windows relating to said processing requested to be performed on said display apparatus when it is determined in said determination processing that the time period required for said processing requested to be performed is predictable, and further performing second display processing for providing pop-up display by displaying one window relating to said processing requested to be performed on said display apparatus when it is determined in said determination processing that the time period required for said processing requested to be performed is not predictable and when said processing requested to be performed does not end after lapse of a first time period since start of said processing requested to be performed.