Abstract: Dynamically tracking the stability of application programs used in a computer system and for indicating the stability state of such programs to the user through a graphical user interface. Computer controlled user interactive display systems with graphical user interfaces store a plurality of application programs and present a GUI with a plurality of icons, each of which is representative of one of said application programs. A user is enabled to interactively select any of said displayed objects to thereby run the application program represented by the object. The rates of unrequested interruptions in the runs of each of said application programs, and there is an implementation associated with each of said objects for displaying a visual indicator of the rate of unrequested interruption in the run of the application program represented by the object. The interruptions tracked are primarily unrequested closings in the run of the application programs, i.e. crashes.

Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a system and method for creating markers on scroll bars of a graphical user interface. Basically, the present invention allows users to reference locations of interest within a document using scroll bars of a user interface by creating graphical halt and pause points on the scroll bar at the locations of interest. In general, the present invention includes a user interface with a digital document of an application being used by a user. The application has at least a vertical scroll bar for moving from one location to another within the digital document. The scroll bar includes a scroll box, stub points and end points. The stub points represent reference points within the digital document that are predefined by the user. The stub points either stop or pause the movement of the scroll box as it moves along the scroll bar. The end points represent the top and bottom portion of the digital document.