摘要 |
<p>Automatic switching between two executable programs (104 and 106) occurs between a first mode wherein a first executable program is visible and active (162), and a second mode wherein a second executable program is visible and active (174). Switching is triggered by detecting that the first executable program has initiated an information processing mode (170). The first mode is restored upon completion of information processing (186). In one particular embodiment of the present invention, the first executable program is a browser for requesting, receiving and displaying information obtained from remote information sources, the first mode is a browser mode, and the information processing mode is the requesting by the browser for information.</p> |