Abstract: Features of a software program designed to facilitate animation by users of handheld or portable electronic devices are described. The software program may be in the form of instructions suitable to be carried out by the microprocessor of such a device in response to inputs from the user. The software provides a motion recording feature in which a user input in the form of a pointer, touch point, or other position-related input is monitored over the course of a recording session, converted to a data string of attribute values, and stored in memory.

Abstract: Features of a software program designed to facilitate animation by users of handheld or portable electronic devices are described. The software program may be in the form of instructions suitable to be carried out by the microprocessor of such a device in response to inputs from the user. The software provides a motion recording feature in which a user input in the form of a pointer, touch point, or other position-related input is monitored over the course of a recording session, converted to a data string of attribute values, and stored in memory.

Abstract: Navigation tools and techniques for software are disclosed. Various types of virtual buttons can be used in the GUI of a software program to make it easier for a user to navigate across or through different branched or hierarchical tasks defined by the software. The virtual button can function to accept, execute, close, or exit a given open, active branched task, as well as save or store a setting of the active branched task for use by another branched task. The virtual button includes a visual indicator that is indicative of how many of the branched tasks are currently open. The virtual button may represent a stack of buttons, or a stack of branched, open tasks, but where only one of such branched tasks may be active, i.e., subject to user input and interaction, at a given time. Related methods, storage media, devices, and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Navigation tools and techniques for software are disclosed. Various types of virtual buttons can be used in the GUI of a software program to make it easier for a user to navigate across or through different branched or hierarchical tasks defined by the software. The virtual button can function to accept, execute, close, or exit a given open, active branched task, as well as save or store a setting of the active branched task for use by another branched task. The virtual button includes a visual indicator that is indicative of how many of the branched tasks are currently open. The virtual button may represent a stack of buttons, or a stack of branched, open tasks, but where only one of such branched tasks may be active, i.e., subject to user input and interaction, at a given time. Related methods, storage media, devices, and systems are also disclosed.