Method of previewing web page content while interacting with multiple web page controls
OwnerSamuel S. Hiiinventor
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Abstract
A network client may have a capability to load and maintain more than one active page image. To assist a user in selecting from a number of page images, a graphical display element is provided corresponding to each active page image. When the graphical display element is preliminarily selected, an image including at least a portion of the page image is displayed in a pop-up window. The preliminary selection of the graphical display element may be pausing a mouse pointer over a tab corresponding to a page image.
Claims39
A machine readable medium containing configuration instructions for performing a method on a user machine, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a graphical display element representing a graphical image;
- detecting a preliminary selection of the graphical display element;
- responsive to detecting the preliminary selection of the graphical display element, displaying a preview of the graphical image including at least a partial image of the graphical image;
- detecting a final selection of the graphical display element;
- and
- responsive to detecting the final selection of the graphical display element, displaying the graphical image.
A method of configuring a client machine connected to a network, the method comprising transmitting configuration instructions through the network to the client machine for performing a method of displaying a plurality of graphical images, the method of displaying comprising the steps of:
- displaying a graphical display element representing a graphical image;
- detecting a preliminary selection of the graphical display element;
- responsive to detecting the preliminary selection of the graphical display element, displaying a preview of the graphical image including at least a partial image of the graphical image;
- detecting a final selection of the graphical display element;
- and
- responsive to detecting the final selection of the graphical display element, displaying the graphical image.
A method of displaying a plurality of graphical images on a computer display, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a graphical display element representing a graphical image;
- detecting a preliminary selection of the graphical display element;
- and
- responsive to detecting the preliminary selection of the graphical display element, displaying a preview of the graphical image including at least a partial image of the graphical image.
A method for displaying a plurality of graphical images using a computer having a graphical pointing device, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first graphical image;
- displaying a graphical display element corresponding to a second graphical image;
- detecting a preliminary selection of the graphical display element corresponding to a second graphical image;
- responsive to detecting the preliminary selection of the graphical display element corresponding to a second graphical image, displaying a preview of the second graphical image including at least a partial image of the second graphical image.
A machine readable medium containing configuration instructions for performing a method of displaying a web page in a client connected to a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving a first web page from the network;
- displaying a graphical display element representing the first web page;
- detecting a preliminary selection of the graphical display element;
- responsive to the preliminary selection of the graphical display element, displaying a preview of the first web page including at least a partial image of the first web page;
- detecting a final selection of the graphical display element;
- and
- responsive to detecting the final selection of the graphical display element, displaying the first web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.