Interactive graphical object

A method comprising:

• detecting user input comprising a gesture linked to a portion of a graphical user interface associated with one or more applications;
• decomposing at least part of the gesture into a first vector representing a first portion of the gesture in a first dimension and a second vector representing a second portion of the gesture in a second dimension that is different than the first dimension;
• and
• rendering, in response to the detected user input, at least a portion of a transient graphical object comprising a plurality of portions, each portion associated with a different virtual space and containing content comprising:
• information linked to a particular one of the one or more applications, the information comprising one or more content objects, each content object comprising one or more content elements;
• and
• one or more graphical control objects for initiating one or more actions linked to the particular application
• wherein:
• a number of content objects displayed by the transient graphical object increases as a magnitude of the first vector representing the first portion of the gesture in the first dimension increases;
• and
• a number of content elements associated with at least one content object increases as a magnitude of the second vector representing the second portion of the gesture in the second dimension that is different than the first dimension increases.

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
• detect user input comprising a gesture linked to a portion of a graphical user interface associated with one or more applications;
• decompose at least part of the gesture into a first vector representing a first portion of the gesture in a first dimension and a second vector representing a second portion of the gesture in a second dimension that is different than the first dimension;
• and
• render, in response to the detected user input, at least a portion of a transient graphical object comprising a plurality of portions, each portion associated with a different virtual space and containing content comprising:
• information linked to a particular one of the one or more applications, the information comprising one or more content objects, each content object comprising one or more content elements;
• and
• one or more graphical control objects for initiating one or more actions linked to the particular application
• wherein:
• a number of content objects displayed by the transient graphical object increases as a magnitude of the first vector representing the first portion of the gesture in the first dimension increases;
• and
• a number of content elements associated with at least one content object increases as a magnitude of the second vector representing the second portion of the gesture in the second dimension that is different than the first dimension increases.