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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Particular embodiments display a first object in a series of objects in its entirety on a screen of an electronic device; and in response to a user interacting with the first object by moving the first object towards a first side of the screen for a distance less than a predetermined threshold distance, gradually move the first object towards the first side of the screen until a portion of the first object is displayed within a first portion of the screen on the first side of the screen; gradually move a second object onto the screen towards the first side of the screen until a portion of a second object is displayed within a second portion of the screen on a second side of the screen for the user to preview the second object; and display shading around the portion of the second object.