Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a gesture sensitive element. The gesture sensitive element can be used to display or hide different amounts of GUI control elements, reducing complexity until it is requested and increasing screen area available for content. By including a gesture sensitive element that can be used to invoke various actions and to provide a progressive level of controls, the number and complexity of elements shown in a GUI can be reduced, improving usability and reducing the number of interactions required to perform a desired action which reduces the processing required by the computer device.

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for providing a media application service for predictive caching of media content on a mobile device. The media application service is configured to consider usage data related to media content playback by a user on one or more devices, a connectivity profile of the mobile device, and to generate a list of media content to cache on the mobile device when power and network connectivity requirements of the mobile device are met or exceeded.