Browser navigation for devices with a limited input system

A computer program product for use in either a wireless telephone or personal digital assistant configured for browsing content received from a content source, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of browsing content that includes one or more interactive elements, the method comprising:

• receiving a direction input;
• in a situation in which no interactive element is displayed as being visually selected on the display area, and while the direction input is being received, if only a portion of content is displayed and no interactive element is at least partially visible in the direction of the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to a beginning of the displayed portion of the content, automatically scrolling the display of the content in the direction of the direction input;
• and
• selecting an interactive element, the selection being based on the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to the beginning of the displayed portion of the content, wherein the interactive element is only partially visible when it is selected.

In either a wireless telephone or personal digital assistant configured for browsing content received from a content source, a method of browsing content that includes one or more interactive elements, the method comprising:

• receiving a direction input;
• in a situation in which no interactive element is displayed as being visually selected on the display area, and while the direction input is being received, if only a portion of content is displayed and no interactive element is at least partially visible in the direction of the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to a beginning of the displayed portion of the content, automatically scrolling the display of the content in the direction of the direction input;
• and
• selecting an interactive element based on the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to the beginning of the displayed portion of the content, wherein the interactive element is entirely visible when it is selected.

A computer program product for use in either a wireless telephone or personal digital assistant configured for browsing content received from a content source, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of browsing content that includes one or more interactive elements, the method comprising:

• receiving a direction input;
• in a situation in which no interactive element is displayed as being visually selected on the display area, and while the direction input is being received, if only a portion of content is displayed and no interactive element is at least partially visible in the direction of the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to a beginning of the displayed portion of the content, automatically scrolling the display of the content in the direction of the direction input;
• and
• selecting an interactive element based on the direction input relative to a previously selected interactive element or, if no interactive element has been previously selected, based on the direction input relative to the beginning of the displayed portion of the content, wherein the interactive element is entirely visible when it is selected.