Methods and systems for managing memory and processing resources for the control of a display screen to fix displayed positions of selected items on the display screen

A system for positionally grouping items on a display screen of a hand-held computing device, comprising:

• a display configured to display items in a list;
• an application configured to perform the following actions, including:
• selecting a subset of items from said list to be positionally fixed;
• storing a displayed position of each item in said subset;
• associating each item in said subset with a pinned icon, said pinned icon distinguishing said subset items from other items in said list;
• displaying each subset item and its associated pinned icon at its stored display position, wherein each subset item is positionally fixed, wherein each pinned icon is displayed proximate to said subset item to which it is associated;
• and
• repositioning said positionally fixed items into a contiguous group in said list.

A method of positionally fixing draft electronic messages for easy access on a display of a message client, comprising:

• creating a new electronic message having a message identifier using said message client;
• saving said new message as a draft message in a draft messages list;
• dynamically sizing a draft messages portion of a displayed message list to display entire draft messages list;
• and
• displaying said draft messages list in said draft messages portion of said displayed messages list on said display.