Speed-dependent automatic zooming interface

A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving an input;
• displaying a content space on a GUI;
• mapping the user input to scale of the content space while being navigated;
• determining a speed of navigation through a content space based on scale times speed equaling a constant;
• and
• navigating the content space based on the scale mapped from the user input and the speed determined as based on scale times speed equaling a constant.

A computerized system comprising:

• an input device having at least an output based on a singular user input;
• a display means for displaying a content space on a GUI;
• a display on which navigation of the content space is shown;
• a mapping means for mapping the user input to scale of the content space while being navigated and to determine speed of navigation through the content space based on scale times speed equaling a constant;
• a mapping means for mapping the user input to speed of navigation through the content space and to determine scale of the content space while being navigated based on scale times speed equaling a constant;
• and,
• a computer program designed to receive the singular user input and show the navigation of the content space having speed of navigation and scale while being navigated based only on a user input comprising the singular user input.

A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to transform a general-purpose computer to a special-purpose computer comprising:

• an input device having at least an output based on a singular user input;
• a display means for displaying a content space on a GUI;
• a display on which navigation of the content space is shown;
• a mapping means for mapping the user input to scale of the content space while being navigated and to determine speed of navigation through the content space based on scale times speed equaling a constant;
• a mapping means for mapping the user input to speed of navigation through the content space and to determine scale of the content space while being navigated based on scale times speed equaling a constant;
• and,
• means for receiving the singular user input and for showing the navigation of the content space having speed of navigation and scale while being navigated based only on a user input comprising the singular user input.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving an input;
• mapping the input to one of speed navigation through a content space and scale of the content space while being navigated;
• determining the other of speed and scale based on scale times speed equaling a function of the input;
• and,
• navigating the content space based on the one of speed and scale mapped from the input and the other of speed and scale determined as based on scale time speed equaling a function of the input.