Tab visibility

An apparatus comprising:

• a first user interface element registry configured to register at least one first tab and a relationship of the at least one first tab with a first window, and register at least one second tab and a relationship of the at least one second tab with a second window;
• a tab selection manager configured to receive a command to display an organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab registered with the first user interface element registry;
• and
• a tab organizer configured to organize the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab registered with the first user interface element registry according to the organized representation, the organizing including arranging the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab according to a history of when the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab were accessed, wherein the arranging is not based on the relationship of the at least one first tab with the first window or the relationship of the at least one second tab with the second window,
• the tab selection managers further configured to display the organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab via a graphical display;
• and
• a tab manipulator configured to receive at least a portion of a registry of tabs from a secondary apparatus remote from the apparatus, the portion of the registry of tabs including a remote tab previously created by the secondary apparatus,
• the tab manipulator further configured to access tab history information, from the portion of the registry of tabs received from the secondary apparatus, to update the first user interface element registry to incorporate the remote tab such that the at least one first tab, the at least one second tab, and the remote tab are arranged and displayed on a display according to the history of when the tabs were accessed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium being tangibly embodied and including executable code that causes an apparatus to:

• register at least one first tab and a relationship of the at least one first tab with a first window in a first tab registry and register at least one second tab and a relationship of the at least one second tab with a second window in the first tab registry;
• receive a command to display an organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab;
• organize the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab according to the organized representation including arranging the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab according to a history of when the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab were accessed, wherein the arranging is not based on the relationship of the at least one first tab with the first window or the relationship of the at least one second tab with the second window;
• display the organized representation of the at least one first tab and the at least one second tab via a graphical display;
• receive at least a portion of a registry of tabs from a secondary apparatus remote from the apparatus, the portion of the registry of tabs including a remote tab previously created by the secondary apparatus;
• and
• access tab history information, from the portion of the registry of tabs received from the secondary apparatus, to update the first tab registry to incorporate the remote tab such that the at least one first tab, the at least one second tab, and the remote tab are arranged and displayed according to the history of when the tabs were accessed.