Patent ID: 8689134

Claim:
A method for facilitating window navigation on an electronic display, comprising the steps of: rendering simultaneously at least three overlapping windows, including a foreground window and two background windows, wherein said foreground window overlaps at least one or more background windows; rendering at least one elongated strip on each one of two opposing edges of the foreground window wherein the strips are selectable by a user through a user interface device; associating one strip of the foreground window with one background window and associating the other strip of the foreground window with the other background window; in a single operation, operating the user interface to select one of the strips on one of the edges of the foreground window to immediately transition the background window associated with the selected strip to the forefront of the electronic display; and displaying the background window associated with the selected strip on the forefront of the electronic display and displaying the foreground window associated with the selected strip in the background of the electronic display.