Abstract: Animations are displayed on a user interface (UI) of a computing device using one of multiple different animation system modes, each animation system mode operating in a different manner to determine how to change the display for an animation. The animation can be on a particular object that is displayed by the computing device (e.g., scrolling a list, moving an icon or character from one location to another) and/or can be on the display as a whole (e.g., panning or scrolling a view of the whole display). The multi-mode animation system operates to select an animation system mode on a frame by frame basis. For each frame of content being displayed on the display device, the multi-mode animation system selects an appropriate one of the animation system modes to use for generating the content of that frame.

Abstract: Animations are displayed on a user interface (UI) of a computing device using one of multiple different animation system modes, each animation system mode operating in a different manner to determine how to change the display for an animation. The animation can be on a particular object that is displayed by the computing device (e.g., scrolling a list, moving an icon or character from one location to another) and/or can be on the display as a whole (e.g., panning or scrolling a view of the whole display). The multi-mode animation system operates to select an animation system mode on a frame by frame basis. For each frame of content being displayed on the display device, the multi-mode animation system selects an appropriate one of the animation system modes to use for generating the content of that frame.

Abstract: User input that is part of a user interaction with a computing device is received by a system module. The system module notifies the application of the user input, and the application determines whether the application is to handle the user interaction or the whether the operating system is to handle the user interaction. For user interactions that the operating system is to handle, the application notifies the operating system to handle the user interaction. For the duration of the user interaction, the operating system then determines what changes to make to a display of data based on the user interaction and need not (and typically does not) notify the application of the user input. Thus, the application hands off the user interaction to the operating system.

Abstract: Input command techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device processes one or more inputs that are received from one or more input sources to determine a command that corresponds to the one or more inputs. The command is exposed to one or more controls that are implemented as software that is executed on the computing device and that have subscribed to the command.

Abstract: The present invention is collar for an ornamental light bulb in which the collar contains a phosphorescent material such that the light bulb emits light into the collar and stimulates the phosphorescent material within the collar to emit light. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the phosphorescent material is combined with a florescent dye to produce a miniature light collar containing a phosphorescent-florescent dye. Preferably, the collar is comprised of a low density polyethylene to promote flexibility of the collar to enable to fit over miniature bulbs of varying sizes. The present invention is further comprised of a plastic collar for a miniature light comprised of a cylinder having a series of slots cut into the cylinder such that the cylinder can expand to accommodate light bulbs of varying sizes.