The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate
efficient and automated presentation of information to users. A
decomposition component automatically decomposes an information item into
sets of subcomponents in a two- or three-dimensional isometric space, and
generates visualizations having interactive graphics that allow users to
inspect respective subcomponents. Interface features are provided to
enable hover, dwell, and clicking commands, for example, providing a
variety of options to zoom in, or change configurations of the
visualization in accordance with the users intentions or inferences about
what they desire to see or inspect more closely. Beyond the use of
decompositions into exploded views of the content of items typically
viewed as singular documents, the methods can be applied to perform
geometric transformations on visualizations of multiple windows and other
resources based on content and activity to provide regularized
visualizations of the multiple items. Such exploded views can provide
visual geometric summaries of projects, and a set of handles into
accessing more detail on the subcomponents of the project.