Patent ID: 8656300

Claim:
A method comprising: providing by a graphical user interface a first window that includes content associated with a first application and a second window that includes content associated with a second application; displaying a first taskbar button associated with the first application in a taskbar and a second taskbar button associated with the second application in the taskbar, wherein the first application and the second application provide respective content to the taskbar; displaying a first thumbnail adjacent to the first taskbar button, the first thumbnail including the content that is associated with the first application and that is included in the first window; in response to an input, pinning the first thumbnail to cause the first thumbnail to remain displayed, wherein pinning the first thumbnail includes causing the first thumbnail to remain displayed while the first window is minimized and is not displayed by the graphical user interface; and displaying a second thumbnail adjacent to the second taskbar button while the first thumbnail is still displayed, the second thumbnail including content that is associated with the second application.