Systems and methods for providing tab previews via an operating system user interface

A computing device comprising:

• a processor circuit;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
• detect user input that causes a first application window of a first application to be maximized in a first portion of a desktop of a graphical user interface of an operating system running on the computing device;
• determine that a second application has a plurality of tabs opened in a second application window of the second application;
• and
• responsive to the first application window being maximized in the first portion of the desktop of the graphical user interface of the operating system and determining that the second application has the plurality of tabs opened in the second application window of the second application, simultaneously display, in a second portion of the desktop of the graphical user interface of the operating system, a respective first proxy window for each of the plurality of tabs opened in the second application window, each respective first proxy window representing contents displayed in its corresponding tab.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:

• detect user input that causes a first application window of a first application to be maximized in a first portion of a desktop of a graphical user interface of an operating system running on a computing device;
• determine that a second application has a plurality of tabs opened in a second application window of the second application;
• and
• responsive to the first application window being maximized in the first portion of the desktop of the graphical user interface of the operating system and determining that the second application has the plurality of tabs opened in the second application window of the second application, simultaneously display, in a second portion of the desktop of the graphical user interface of the operating system, a respective first proxy window for each of the plurality of tabs opened in the second application window, each respective first proxy window representing contents displayed in its corresponding tab.