Abstract: Consider a user who has three different types of email account. Previously, in order to access those different email accounts the user has had a terminal with three desktop applications, one for accessing each type of email account. The user has been unable to access all of his or her email accounts simultaneously. Instead, the user has had to connect, for example, using a RAS connection, to one of the email accounts and then terminate that RAS connection before initiating a new RAS connection to the next type of email account. This is time consuming and problematic for users, particularly those who travel frequently. Another problem is that the user must maintain software applications on his or her terminal, one for each of the different types of message account. This takes up valuable memory and processing capacity on the user terminal.

Abstract: A graphical user interface displays a plurality of sections of information. Each section has a heading which comprises a link. The links can be selected by a user to collapse or expand information in the section. In addition, automatic scrolling takes place to scroll expanded information substantially into view. When a section is collapsed or expanded the associated heading is marked for a pre-specified time to aid the user in returning his or her attention to the appropriate region of the display, despite the use of the automatic scrolling. In addition, marks are used to indicate regions of the display where user entered information needs to be added or corrected.

Abstract: Consider a user who has three different types of email account. Previously, in order to access those different email accounts the user has had a terminal with three desktop applications, one for accessing each type of email account. The user has been unable to access all of his or her email accounts simultaneously. Instead, the user has had to connect, for example, using a RAS connection, to one of the email accounts and then terminate that RAS connection before initiating a new RAS connection to the next type of email account. This is time consuming and problematic for users, particularly those who travel frequently. Another problem is that the user must maintain software applications on his or her terminal, one for each of the different types of message account. This takes up valuable memory and processing capacity on the user terminal.