Slideshow display of images for user-defined groups of applications

A method for selectively displaying images of multiple applications on a screen, comprising:

• receiving a user-selected definition of a group, the group including two or more different applications and associated with one foreground window and one or more background windows on the screen, the user-selected definition of the group including a sequence by which the different applications are to be displayed in the foreground window;
• receiving a selection of a first application of the group as a foreground application;
• displaying images of the selected foreground application in the foreground window of the group;
• displaying images of the one or more background windows in a cascaded manner partly overlaid by the foreground window;
• changing the foreground application of the group from the first application to a second application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a first predetermined amount of time;
• changing the foreground application of the group from the second application to a third application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a second predetermined amount of time different from the first predetermined amount of time;
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• displaying images of the changed foreground application in the foreground window of the group at a same location of the screen as the foreground window of the selected foreground application.

A computing device comprising a processor for executing multiple applications simultaneously, comprising:

• a user input module for receiving a user-selected definition of a group, the group including two or more different applications and associated with one foreground window and one or more background windows, the user-selected definition of the group including a sequence by which the different applications are to be displayed in the foreground window;
• an application display organizer connected to the user input module for selecting a first application in each group as a foreground application, the application display organizer changing the foreground application of the group from the first application to a second application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a first predetermined amount of time, the application display organizer changing the foreground application of the group from the second application to a third application of the group according to the sequence responsive to detecting elapse of a second predetermined amount of time different from the first predetermined amount of time, the application display organizer displaying images of the changed foreground application in the foreground window of the group at a same location of the screen as the foreground window of the selected foreground application;
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• a display driver connected to the application display organizer, the display driver generating images for the foreground window of the group and the background windows of the group on a screen, the images of the one or more background windows in a cascaded manner partly overlaid by the foreground window.