System and method for cooperative sharing of resources of an environment

A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device, the computer program product comprising non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer executable code, the computer executable code, when executed by a processor, being configured to:

• provide a desktop environment and a first viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment on the display of the computing device, and enable resources to be added to the desktop environment and to be viewed and acted upon within the first viewport, a representation of the resources being arranged in the portion of the desktop environment within the first viewport so that the resources do not substantially overlap along an X-Y plane;
• provide a second viewport configured to show at least a portion of the desktop environment for display on another computing device, and enable two or more of the resources to be viewed and to be acted upon within the second viewport independently of the first viewport, a representation of the resources viewed within the second viewport being arranged in the portion of the desktop environment within the second viewport so that the resources do not substantially overlap along an X-Y plane;
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• enable another resource to be added to the desktop environment through the second viewport, and to be viewed and acted upon within both the first viewport and the second viewport.