Orthogonal dragging on scroll bars

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying content in a first window on a display of a computing device, wherein the display includes a touch input surface;

detecting, on the touch input surface, a dragging user input from a peripheral edge of the first window to a location within the first window, wherein the dragging user input includes a motion having a dominant directional component generally orthogonal to the peripheral edge of the first window; and

in response to detecting the dragging user input:

displaying at least a portion of the first window on the display of the computing device, wherein the first window includes graphical content of a first application opened within the first window,

displaying, on the display of the computing device, a second window that was not displayed on the display on the computing device when the dragging user input was initiated, wherein the second window displays graphical content of a second application opened in the second window or graphical elements of a new instantiation of the first application, but wherein the second window does not include a new pane of an existing instantiation of the first application, and

displaying the at least a portion of the first window simultaneously with the second window.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the first and second windows includes automatically positioning an edge of the first window adjacent to and beside an edge of the second window.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a contracted size of first window and the second window are the same size.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a contracted size at which to display the first window and a size at which to display the second window based on a distance of the dragging user input from the peripheral edge of the first window to the location within the first window.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the first and second windows while the dragging user input occurs.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical content of the second application opened in the second window include selectable icons, wherein the selectable icons are selectable to display additional content on the display.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the selectable icons are each selectable to launch a respective different application associated with the icon.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second application is different from the first application.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application includes a web browser and content of the first application includes web page content.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a contracted size of the first window is displayed above the second window.

11. A computing device comprising:

a touch screen display configured to display a first window, and

a processor operably connected to tangible computer memory that stores code that, when executed by the processor, causes the computing device to detect a dragging user input on the touch screen display from a peripheral edge of the first window to a location within the first window, wherein the dragging user input comprises a motion having a dominant directional component generally orthogonal to the peripheral edge of the first window and that causes the system, in response to detecting the dragging user input to:

display at least a portion of the first window on the display of the computing device, wherein the first window includes graphical content of a first application opened within the first window,

display, on the display of the computing device, a second window that was not displayed on the display on the computing device when the dragging user input was initiated, wherein the second window displays graphical content of a second application opened in the second window or graphical elements of a new instantiation of the first application, but wherein the second window does not include a new pane of an existing instantiation of the first application; and

display the at least a portion of first window simultaneously with the second window.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein displaying the first and second windows includes automatically positioning an edge of the first window adjacent to and beside an edge of the second window.

13. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein a contracted size of first window and the second window are the same size.

14. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the tangible computer memory further stores code that, when executed by the processor, causes the computing device to determine a contracted size at which to display the first window and a size at which to display the second window based on a distance of the dragging user input from the peripheral edge of the first window to the location within the first window.

15. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the tangible computer memory further stores code that, when executed by the processor, causes the computing device to display the first and second windows while the dragging user input occurs.

16. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the graphical content of the second application opened in the second window include selectable icons, wherein the selectable icons are selectable to display additional content on the display.

17. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein the selectable icons are each selectable to launch a respective different application associated with the icon.

18. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the second application is different from the first application.

19. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first application includes a web browser and content of the first application includes web page content.

20. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein a contracted size of the first window is displayed above the second window.