A method of managing a casual storage field comprises the steps of:
receiving a plurality of information elements from one or more
application programs, each information element including one or more data
items; retaining the received information elements in the casual storage
field; displaying a state of the casual storage field and the retained
information elements; and handing over, in response to a user request,
one or more of the retained information elements to an application
program. The casual storage field can receive an information element from
another application program, display the received information element in
the display region of the casual storage field, and hand over in response
to a user instruction, the information element to yet another application
program.