Previewing file or document content
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1. A content previewer, comprising:
- a graphic previewer image;
means for placing the graphic previewer image over a representation of content to be previewed; and
means for rendering a preview of the content to be previewed, responsive to operation of the means for placing.
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Abstract
An easy-to-use, intuitive previewing technique for enabling users to refresh their memories about the content of Web pages and/or files and other documents by previewing that content. The disclosed techniques enable previewing content without actually navigating to the Web page or without actually opening the file or document. A “previewer” graphic image may be dragged over a hyperlink or file name (or file icon) to signal that a preview of the associated Web page or file should be rendered.
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1. A content previewer, comprising:
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a graphic previewer image;
means for placing the graphic previewer image over a representation of content to be previewed; and
means for rendering a preview of the content to be previewed, responsive to operation of the means for placing.
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2. A method of previewing content in a computing system, comprising steps of:
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providing a previewer graphic for dragging over a representation of content to be previewed; and
rendering a preview of the content to be previewed, responsive to dragging of the provided previewer graphic. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for previewing content in a computing system, comprising:
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means for providing a previewer graphic for dragging over a representation of content to be previewed;
means for detecting that the provided previewer graphic has been dragged over the representation; and
means for rendering a preview of the content to be previewed, responsive to the means for detecting, wherein the rendered preview is rendered within the previewer graphic.
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14. A computer program product for previewing content in a computing system, the computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media and comprising:
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computer-readable program code means for providing a previewer graphic for dragging over a representation of content to be previewed;
computer-readable program code means for detecting that the provided previewer graphic has been dragged over the representation; and
computer-readable program code means for rendering a preview of the content to be previewed, responsive to the computer-readable program code means for detecting, wherein the rendered preview is rendered within the previewer graphic.
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