A context aware, shortcut enabled system of presenting information through a user interface, implementing memory prostheses and context-oriented changes in meanings of shortcuts. Embodiments include selecting a context, receiving a shortcut entered through the user interface, the shortcut having associated with it a shortcut field name set comprising one or more shortcut field names, and associating at least one context value to the context. Embodiments also include inferring, in dependence upon the context, a context table name and a context field name for a query, creating the query, selecting records from an information database by use of the query, whereby selected records are selected, and downloading the selected records to the client device for display.