Homepage re-assignment

1. A method comprising:

accepting, at a mobile electronic device, user input to a home icon in response to a current desktop view being displayed on a display device of the mobile electronic device, wherein a desktop view includes executable application icons;

after the user input to the home icon is detected, scrolling from the current desktop view to a default homepage desktop view, wherein a plurality of desktop views are arranged in a scrolling order;

opening a homepage re-assignment utility that includes a slider for selecting a new desktop view as a new homepage, said homepage re-assignment utility including a display indicating desktop views selectable as a new homepage;

responsive to a selection of a desktop view as a new homepage, changing to a new homepage, said changing including changing the scrolling order; and

thereafter accepting user input to the home icon and scrolling from a currently displayed desktop view to the new homepage according to the new scrolling order.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a homepage is a desktop view displayed:

by default at start up;

in a default position among the plurality of scrollable desktop views; and

returned to upon selection of the home icon.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said selection of a desktop view as a new homepage includes movement of said slider to highlight said new desktop view.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said homepage re-assignment utility includes miniaturized views of desktop views available.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said display device comprises a touchscreen display.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein said display device is implemented on one of: a tablet computing device, a slate computing device, and a smart phone.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said selection of a desktop view as a new homepage includes direct selection of a desktop view.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a display device;

wherein, responsive to execution of computer program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors:

accept user input to a home icon in response to a current desktop view being displayed on the display device, wherein a desktop view includes executable application icons;

after the user input to the home icon is detected, scroll from the current desktop view to a default homepage desktop view, wherein a plurality of desktop views are arranged in a scrolling order;

open a homepage re-assignment utility that includes a slider for selecting a new desktop view as a new homepage, said homepage re-assignment utility including a display indicating one or more desktop views selectable as a new homepage;

responsive to a selection of a desktop view as a new homepage, change to a new homepage, the change including changing the scrolling order; and

thereafter accept user input to the homepage icon and scroll from a currently displayed desktop view to the new homepage according to the new scrolling order.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein a homepage is a desktop view displayed:

by default at start up;

in a default position among the plurality of scrollable desktop views; and

returned to upon selection of the home icon.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said selection of a desktop view as a new homepage includes movement of said slider to highlight said new desktop view.

11. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said homepage re-assignment utility includes miniaturized views of desktop views available.

12. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said user display device comprises a touchscreen display.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein said system is one of: a table computing device, a slate computing device, and a smart phone.

14. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said selection of a desktop view as a new homepage includes direct selection of a desktop view.

15. The system according to claim 8 , wherein said homepage re-assignment utility includes one or more instructions for selecting a new homepage.

16. A computer program product comprising:

a non transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the one or more processors, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code that accepts user input to a home icon in response to a current desktop view being displayed on a display device of a mobile electronic device, wherein a desktop view includes executable application icons;

computer readable program code that, after the user input to the home icon is detected, scrolls from the current desktop view to a default homepage desktop view, wherein a plurality of desktop views are arranged in a scrolling order;

computer readable program code that opens a homepage re-assignment utility that includes a slider for selecting a new desktop view as a new homepage, said homepage re-assignment utility including a display indicating one or more desktop views selectable as a new homepage;

computer readable program code that, responsive to receiving a selection of a desktop view as a new homepage, changes to a new homepage, the change including changing the scrolling order; and

computer readable program code that thereafter accepts user input to the home icon and scrolls from a currently displayed desktop view to the new homepage according to the new scrolling order.