User interface for a computing device

A smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising:

• (a) a touch sensitive display;
• (b) one or more processors;
• (c) computer memory;
• (d) one or more computer programs stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for
• detecting a swipe in from an edge of the display, and in response to the detected swipe causing a home screen to be displayed, irrespective of which screen the device was displaying immediately prior to the swipe in from the edge, the home screen listing running apps and user notifications, such as missed calls;
• wherein when the detected swipe comprises a short swipe from the left edge and the displayed screen is a welcome screen, an app launcher is displayed and when the short swipe continues to a long swipe and the displayed screen is a welcome screen, an apps page of the home screen is displayed, the welcome screen being a lock screen comprising a circular arrangement of thirty small dots, each dot representing an activity or state, the activity or state being indicated by the size of a semi-translucent circle adjacent to each dot;
• wherein when a direction of the detected swipe is reversed back to the edge of the display before the home screen is fully displayed, the home screen is progressively removed as the detected swipe continues in the reversed direction;
• and
• detecting a sideways swipe while the home screen is being displayed, and in response to the detected sideways swipe, causing the home screen to display contacts based on frequency of communication.