Web browser user interface for low-resolution displays

Method for displaying graphical information on a limited extent display of a hand-holdable electronic device, comprising the steps of:

• receiving inputs actuated by a user to indicate various selected levels of detail, wherein said graphical information has a level of detail over an extent greater than displayable at said level of detail over said limited extent display with a greatest level of detail available in said display, and
• displaying said graphical information, in response to said inputs actuated by said user, in said various selected levels of detail over an increasingly lesser extent of said extent of said graphical information with increasingly greater levels of detail of said graphical information.

Apparatus for displaying graphical information on a display of an electronic device sized for hand-held use, said display providing an image in a window having an extent limited by the size of the electronic device, comprising:

• a user input device actuated by a user of said electronic device for providing a windowing signal having a magnitude indicative of a selected whole or portion of an extent of said graphical information greater than displayable at once as said image over said limited extent of said window, and
• a signal processor, responsive to said windowing signal, for providing a display signal for displaying said selected whole or portion of said extent of said graphical information on said limited extent window.

Apparatus for displaying graphical information on a limited extent display of a hand-holdable electronic device, comprising:

• means for receiving inputs actuated by a user for providing a user input signal having a magnitude indicative of various selected levels of detail, wherein said graphical information has a level of detail over an extent greater than displayable at said level of detail over said limited extent display with a greatest level of detail available in said display, and
• means responsive to said user input signal, for providing a display signal for displaying said graphical information in said various selected levels of detail over an increasingly lesser extent of said extent of said graphical information with increasingly greater levels of detail of said graphical information.