Abstract: A client/server system for displaying information is described. The server includes a fragment server for providing a plurality of fragment objects to one or more clients, each fragment object including a markup component and a management component. The client includes a display for displaying a plurality of views, each view described by a markup component of a fragment object, and a fragment controller associated with said display for managing said plurality of fragment objects, said fragment controller receiving fragment objects from said server and updating a view of the plurality of views based on a markup component of the received fragment and updating one or more management components of the fragment objects based on the management component of the received fragment object.