Contextual History of Computing Objects

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a first time, a first user input to instantiate a first operating system object on a computing device;
• instantiating the first operating system object on the computing device in response to the first user input;
• receiving a second user input to instantiate a second operating system object on the computer device when the first operating system object is instantiated;
• based on the first and second user inputs, automatically determining a user preference relating to the second operating system object being instantiated while the first operating system object is instantiated;
• and
• storing data indicating the user preference on the computing device.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• instantiating two or more operating system objects on a computing device;
• determining a user preference relating to two or more instantiated operating system objects that are being used at the same time;
• storing data indicating the user preference;
• after storing the data indicating the user preference and when the two or more operating system objects are closed, receiving a request to instantiate at least one operating system object of the two or more operating system objects;
• in response to receiving the request, identifying the user preference from the data indicating the user preference;
• and
• in response to identifying the user reference, automatically causing the at least one operating system object to be launched and further automatically causing at least one other of the two or more instantiated operating system objects to be launched.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• a computer operating system;
• a plurality of objects defined by the computer operating system and accessible to a user of a device that runs the operating system;
• and
• an information data store containing data indicating user preferences, wherein each user preference relates to a first operating system object being instantiated while a second operating is instantiated.