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Mechanism for providing intuitive scrolling feedback

  • US 6,590,595 B1
  • Filed: 02/08/2000
  • Issued: 07/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing visual feedback to a user, comprising:

  • displaying a portion of a set of information in a display area, wherein said set of information cannot be fully displayed in said display area;

    displaying a control region, said control region comprising at least one activable control which may be activated via a user interface, and when activated, said activable control causing a different portion of said set of information to be displayed in said display area; and

    displaying a status region comprising a plurality of location indicators, a subset of said location indicators being displayed in a first manner and the remainder of said location indicators being displayed in a second and different manner, wherein said subset of said indicators is determined based upon which portion of said set of information is currently being displayed in said display area, wherein said subset of said indicators is empty when said portion of said set of information that is displayed in said display area is a beginning portion of said set of information, and wherein said subset of said indicators includes all of said indicators of said plurality when said portion of said set of information that is displayed in said display area is a last portion of said set of information.

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