CN115061771A

CN115061771A - Display method, display device, computing equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN115061771A
Application number: CN202210985076.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 禄烨
Original assignee: Uniontech Software Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Uniontech Software Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-17
Filing date: 2022-08-17
Publication date: 2022-09-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a display method, a display device, computing equipment and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of computers. The display method is executed in a computing device, one or more applications run in the computing device, and a display component is included in a window of the computing device, and the method comprises the following steps: in response to a first operation, zooming the display component from a first state to a second state; in response to the first application receiving the communication message, displaying an icon of the first application on the display component in the second state; and responding to the operation of clicking the icon to open the first application. According to the display method, the display state of the display component is switched, so that the display component can be displayed in an abbreviated mode, a larger display interface using experience is provided for a user, and a better resource utilization requirement is met.

Description

Display method, display device, computing equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computers, and in particular, to a display method, device, computing apparatus, and storage medium.

Background

In the desktop operating system in the current market, a taskbar is defaulted to reside at the bottom of a screen, and after a user opens an application window, the application window cannot be paved on the whole screen due to the existence of the taskbar, so that the operable area of the application window is reduced.

At present, the problems can be alleviated by setting the taskbar to be intelligently hidden or hidden all the time, but when the taskbar is intelligently hidden or hidden all the time, the taskbar is easily awakened by mistake when an application window is operated, so that misoperation is caused. The interface of the operating system is not beneficial to being used efficiently, the user experience is poor, and the use is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention has been made to provide a display method, apparatus, computing device and storage medium that overcome or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display method, executed in a computing device having one or more applications running therein, a window of the computing device including a display component therein, the method comprising: in response to a first operation, zooming the display component from a first state to a second state; in response to the first application receiving the communication message, displaying an icon of the first application on the display component in the second state; and responding to the operation of clicking the icon, and opening the first application.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, the method further includes: in response to a second operation, the display assembly is unfolded from the second state to the first state.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, wherein the second operation is clicking an area other than the icon in the display component in the second state.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, before receiving the communication message in response to the first application, the method further includes: and displaying the preset icon on the display component in the second state.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, the step of displaying the icon of the first application on the display component in the second state includes: loading a first application to a display component in a plug-in mode; refreshing data; an icon of the first application is displayed in the display component in the second state.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, the method further includes: in response to the one or more second applications receiving the notification message, icons of the first application and the one or more second applications are alternately flashed.

Optionally, in the display method according to the present invention, wherein the second operation is clicking a display component in the second state.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus, residing in a computing device in which one or more applications run, a window of the computing device including a display component therein, the apparatus comprising: a contraction module adapted to contract the display component from a first state to a second state in response to a first operation; a display module adapted to display an icon of a first application on the display component in a second state in response to the first application receiving the communication message; and the opening module is suitable for responding to the operation of clicking the icon and opening the first application.

According to yet another aspect of the invention, there is provided a computing device comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are configured to be executed by the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising instructions for performing the above-described method.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a readable storage medium storing program instructions which, when read and executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the above-described method.

According to the scheme of the invention, the display component can be displayed in an abbreviated manner by switching the display state of the display component, so that a larger display interface use experience is provided for a user, and a better resource utilization requirement is met.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to refer to like parts throughout the drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a computing device 100, according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a method 200 according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a presentation effect diagram of a taskbar in different states according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of a display method according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a preset icon and a first icon according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 illustrates an interaction diagram of a taskbar in a contracted state according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 illustrates a schematic structure of a display device 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Currently, the problem of the taskbar obscuring the application window can be avoided by modifying the display state of the taskbar. Specifically, taskbar state settings may be made in a taskbar right-click menu, such as settings of "Smart hidden", "always hidden", changing the position of the taskbar on the display (which may be set to "Up", "Down", "left", "right"), and so forth.

For example, when the application software (such as a browser) is opened, the taskbar is awakened when the mouse slides to the bottom area of the webpage, so that the user cannot directly respond to the click to the position to be clicked, and inconvenience is brought to the user.

And by changing the display position of the taskbar on the display interface, the display position is basically not obviously different from the position where the taskbar resides at the bottom, and the opened application software interface comprises the following steps: when the browser and the work documents (wps) are used, a part of the display interface can still be occupied by the task bar, and the resource waste and the poor experience feeling are brought to the user.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a display method, which enables a display module to display in a reduced manner by switching a display state of the display module, and provides a larger display interface for a user, so that the user can use the display interface more conveniently, and a better resource utilization requirement is met. The method may be implemented as an application installed in the computing device 100. FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a computing device 100, according to one embodiment of the invention.

The computing device 100 described above may be implemented as a server, such as an application server, a Web server, or the like; but may also be implemented as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a processor chip, a tablet computer, etc., but is not limited thereto. In a basic configuration, computing device 100 includes at least one processing unit 102 and system memory 104. According to one aspect, depending on the configuration and type of computing device, system memory 104 includes, but is not limited to, volatile storage (e.g., random access memory), non-volatile storage (e.g., read-only memory), flash memory, or any combination of such memories.

According to one aspect, system memory 104 includes an operating system 105. System memory 104 also includes program modules 150. According to one aspect, the operating system 105, for example, is adapted to control the operation of the computing device 100. Further, the examples are practiced in conjunction with a graphics library, other operating systems, or any other application program, and are not limited to any particular application or system. This basic configuration is illustrated in fig. 1 by those components within dashed line 108. According to one aspect, computing device 100 has additional features or functionality. For example, according to one aspect, computing device 100 includes additional data storage devices (removable and/or non-removable) such as, for example, magnetic disks, optical disks, or tape. Such additional storage is illustrated in FIG. 1 by removable storage device 109 and non-removable storage device 110.

As stated hereinabove, according to one aspect, program modules are stored in the system memory 104. According to one aspect, the program modules may include one or more applications, the invention not being limited to the type of application, for example, the applications may include: email and contacts applications, word processing applications, spreadsheet applications, database applications, slide show applications, drawing or computer-aided applications, web browser applications, and the like. In an embodiment according to the present invention, the application program in the program module may be the display apparatus 700, and the display apparatus 700 is configured to perform the display method 200 of the present invention.

According to one aspect, examples may be practiced in a circuit comprising discrete electronic elements, a packaged or integrated electronic chip containing logic gates, a circuit utilizing a microprocessor, or on a single chip containing electronic elements or microprocessors. For example, an example may be practiced via a system on a chip (SOC) in which each or many of the components shown in fig. 1 may be integrated on a single integrated circuit. According to one aspect, such SOC devices may include one or more processing units, graphics units, communication units, system virtualization units, and various application functions, all integrated (or "burned") onto a chip substrate as a single integrated circuit. When operating via an SOC, the functions described herein may be operated via application-specific logic integrated with other components of the computing device 100 on a single integrated circuit (chip). Embodiments of the invention may also be practiced using other technologies capable of performing logical operations (e.g., AND, OR, AND NOT), including but NOT limited to mechanical, optical, fluidic, AND quantum technologies. In addition, embodiments of the invention may be practiced within a general purpose computer or in any other circuits or systems.

According to one aspect, computing device 100 may also have one or more input devices 112, such as a keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input device, touch input device, etc. Output device(s) 114 such as a display, speakers, printer, etc. may also be included. The foregoing devices are examples and other devices may also be used. Computing device 100 may include one or more communication connections 116 that allow communication with other computing devices 118, and other computing devices 118 may be printing devices, such as printers. Examples of suitable communication connections 116 include, but are not limited to: RF transmitter, receiver and/or transceiver circuitry; universal Serial Bus (USB), parallel, and/or serial ports.

The term computer readable media as used herein includes computer storage media. Computer storage media may include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information, such as computer readable instructions, data structures, or program modules. System memory 104, removable storage 109, and non-removable storage 110 are all examples of computer storage media (i.e., memory storage). Computer storage media may include Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, Digital Versatile Disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other article of manufacture that can be used to store information and that can be accessed by the computer device 100. In accordance with one aspect, any such computer storage media may be part of computing device 100. Computer storage media does not include a carrier wave or other propagated data signal.

According to one aspect, communication media is embodied by computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal (e.g., a carrier wave or other transport mechanism) and includes any information delivery media. According to one aspect, the term "modulated data signal" describes a signal that has one or more feature sets or that has been altered in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, Radio Frequency (RF), infrared, and other wireless media.

In an embodiment in accordance with the invention, the computing device 100 is configured to perform a display method 200 in accordance with the invention. Computing device 100 includes one or more processors, and one or more readable storage media storing program instructions that, when configured by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform display method 200 in embodiments of the invention.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus 700 of the computing device 100 is configured to perform the display method 200 according to the invention. The display device 700 includes a plurality of program instructions for executing the display method 200 of the present invention, and the program instructions may instruct the processor to execute the display method 200 according to the present invention, so that the computing apparatus 100, by executing the display method 200 of the present invention, realizes that the display state of the display component is switched, so that the display component can be displayed in a thumbnail manner, thereby achieving the purpose of better resource utilization requirement.

FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a method 200 according to one embodiment of the invention. Method 200 is suitable for execution in a computing device (e.g., computing device 100 described above) having one or more applications running therein, the computing device having a display component included in a window thereof.

As shown in fig. 2, an object of the method 200 is to implement a method for switching a display state of a display component so that the display component can be displayed in a thumbnail manner, thereby providing a greater use feeling of a display interface for a user and achieving a better resource utilization requirement. The display component may be a taskbar, or may be other page components capable of performing thumbnail display (for example, an application program capable of performing thumbnail display), which is not limited in this embodiment. For convenience of understanding and description, the following embodiments will be described by taking only the display component as a task bar.

The task bar is a shortcut window for displaying and switching tasks carried by an operating system, and mainly comprises three parts: and a middle part for displaying the running programs and switching between them. The left-most "start" button with which programs, folders, and computer settings may be accessed. The rightmost notification area, includes a clock and a set of icons.

The task bar is generally located in a horizontal long bar at the bottom of the display interface, and may be located in other positions, such as a left side, a right side, a top, and the like, which may be specifically defined by the user, and this is not limited in this application. The display interface is used as a starting point for operating all application programs, and is a main screen area which is displayed in a normal state when an operating system runs after the computing device is started, and is also called a desktop.

Notably, the display interface can be overlaid with the application window opened, with the taskbar almost always visible, i.e., the taskbar is always at the uppermost level of the display interface. Due to the characteristics of the taskbar, when other application program windows are opened, the application program windows cannot cover the whole display interface, so that the problems of reduction of operable areas of the application programs, resource waste, poor user experience and the like are caused.

This embodiment is through carrying out the translucent suspension show after contracting the taskbar, can increase application's operational area, and can not awaken up by the mistake, only when the user needs to awaken up, just can carry out manual click and awaken up. And a larger interface use feeling is provided for the user so as to achieve better resource utilization requirements.

The display method 200 provided in the present embodiment is explained in detail below. The method 200 begins at step 202 by, in step 202, zooming a display element from a first state to a second state in response to a first operation. Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 illustrates a presentation of a taskbar in different states according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the display states of the display elements in this embodiment are divided into a normal state (a first state) and an abbreviated state (a second state), where the normal state is a default display state, and in the normal display state, the taskbar is displayed at the bottom of the display interface by default (other boundaries may be, for example, the top, which is not limited in this application), and is in a bar shape. The abbreviated state is formed by modifying the shape and size of the normal state taskbar. As shown in FIG. 3, the abbreviated taskbar may have a shape of a sphere that is displayed in the lower right corner of the display interface. Of course, the abbreviated taskbar may have other shapes, such as a square shape, a rectangular shape, etc., and may be specifically set by the user according to the preference of the user, which is not limited in the present application.

In addition, the user can also set other display attributes of the contracted taskbar, and specifically can set the transparency, the display position and the like of the taskbar. For example, the taskbar is set to a semi-transparent display, a fully transparent display, the display location of the taskbar is set above, in the middle, below, etc. of the display interface.

In some embodiments, a preset icon may also be displayed on the display component in the second state, e.g., as shown in fig. 3, showing system time in the display component in the manner of a taskbar plug-in, etc. The specific style of the preset icon can be set by the user, and the application does not limit the specific style.

The first operation is clicking operation on the state switching interface of the display assembly or triggering operation of the state switching interface by utilizing a shortcut key mode. The first operation may also be a click operation on any of the non-display component areas. The display setting interface of the display component is configured with a state switching interface, and the state switching of the display component is allowed only when the state switching interface is opened. When the user clicks the state setting information for the first time, the display component is switched from the normal state to the thumbnail state. When the normal state needs to be switched to the thumbnail state, the user only needs to click any non-display component area on the display interface.

In a specific example, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a status switching process of a taskbar according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Firstly, when the taskbar is switched to the abbreviated state from the normal state for the first time, a taskbar display setting window is popped up by right clicking on a taskbar area, a state switching interface is configured in the taskbar display setting window, and the taskbar is changed from a long bar into a ball shape by clicking the state switching interface along the left-to-right direction.

After the state switching interface is clicked, the thumbnail display of the taskbar is turned on, and specifically, the taskbar is retracted to the right and contracted from a long bar shape into a spherical shape.

Then, when the contracted taskbar is clicked, the taskbar is opened leftwards and returns to a strip shape from a spherical shape.

And finally, when the user clicks any non-taskbar area on the display interface, the taskbar is retracted rightwards again and is contracted into a round ball shape from a long strip shape.

In step 204, in response to the first application receiving the communication message, an icon of the first application is displayed on the display component in the second state. Illustratively, referring to FIG. 5, when a new email is received, the default system time icon plug-in is updated to the icon plug-in associated with the email.

Specifically, first, a first application is loaded to a display component in a plug-in manner. Then, data refresh is performed. Finally, the icon of the first application is displayed in the display component in the second state.

Additionally, in some embodiments, in response to the one or more second applications receiving the notification message, the first application is alternately flashed with icons of the one or more second applications.

When the user wants to restore the contracted display component to the normal state after receiving the notification message of the application, the user may click an area other than the icon in the contracted display component. That is, in response to the second operation of clicking an area other than the icon in the display component in the second state, the display component may be expanded from the second state to the first state. In other words, when it is necessary to switch the display component from the thumbnail state to the normal state, an area other than the icon in the display component in the thumbnail state is clicked.

In step 206, in response to the operation of clicking on the icon, the first application is opened. It is to be noted that when notification messages of a plurality of applications are received at the same time, since icons of the plurality of applications alternately blink on the abbreviated display component, when the user clicks the icon on the display component, it is impossible to determine which application the user wants to open. Therefore, under the condition of simultaneously receiving a plurality of applications, when a user clicks any position on the display component, the abbreviated display component is restored to the normal state, icons of all opened applications are displayed on the taskbar in the normal state, and the corresponding applications are opened in response to the selection operation (clicking or shortcut mode) of the user on one icon. In other words, when a plurality of applications receive notification messages at the same time, whether the icon area or the non-icon area of the display component is clicked, the display component in the thumbnail state is restored to the normal state. Clicking on an icon of an application may open the application only when the application receives a notification message, and clicking on a non-icon area of the display component may restore the display component in the abbreviated state to a normal state.

In a specific example, as shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 6 illustrates an interaction diagram of a taskbar in an abbreviated state in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 6, in a thumbnail state, when the dbus service monitors application notification information, the application is loaded to the taskbar in a mode of a taskbar plug-in, and notifies the Mainwindow of the taskbar to refresh data, and the suspended taskbar centrally displays an application reminder information icon in the middle of the suspended taskbar and performs a flashing prompt. When the user clicks on the blinking icon with the mouse, the taskbar dbus sends a signal to the pipe. And after receiving the request, the window tube draws and opens the application program interface. The taskbar maintains a suspended state and the taskbar service unloads the plug-in for the application and restores to show the system time. And if the position of the suspended task bar outside the flashing icon is clicked, calling out the normal display form of the task bar.

When the dbus service at the rear end of the taskbar monitors a plurality of application notification information, each application is loaded to the taskbar in a mode of taskbar plug-in, and the taskbar MainWindow is notified to refresh data, and the suspended taskbar icons flash application reminding icons alternately. And when the user clicks any position of the suspended task bar, the task bar display and the function under the normal state are recovered. And clicking the position outside the taskbar again, and folding and displaying the taskbar to the right again to be in an abbreviated suspension taskbar state.

The method provided by the invention can enable the display component to be displayed in an abbreviated way by switching the display state of the display component, and provide a larger use experience of the display interface for a user, thereby achieving a better resource utilization requirement.

Fig. 7 illustrates a schematic structure diagram of a display device 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The display apparatus 700 resides in a computing device. One or more applications run in a computing device, and a display component is included in a window of the computing device. The apparatus 700 includes a thumbnail module 702, a display module 704, and an open module 706 coupled to one another. Wherein the abbreviating module 702 is adapted to abbreviate the display component from the first state to the second state in response to the first operation. The display module 704 is adapted to display an icon of the first application on the display component in the second state in response to the first application receiving the communication message. The opening module 706 is adapted to open the first application in response to an operation of clicking the icon.

It should be noted that the working principle and the flow of the apparatus 700 provided in the present embodiment are similar to those of the method 200, and reference may be made to the description of the method 200 for relevant points, which are not repeated herein.

The various techniques described herein may be implemented in connection with hardware or software or, alternatively, with a combination of both. Thus, the methods and apparatus of the present invention, or certain aspects or portions thereof, may take the form of program code (i.e., instructions) embodied in tangible media, such as removable hard drives, U.S. disks, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, or any other machine-readable storage medium, wherein, when the program is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention.

In the case of program code execution on programmable computers, the computing device will generally include a processor, a storage medium readable by the processor (including volatile and non-volatile memory and/or storage elements), at least one input device, and at least one output device. Wherein the memory is configured to store program code; the processor is configured to perform the method of the invention according to instructions in said program code stored in the memory.

By way of example, and not limitation, readable media may comprise readable storage media and communication media. Readable storage media store information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. Combinations of any of the above are also included within the scope of readable media.

In the description provided herein, algorithms and displays are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may also be used with examples of this invention. The required structure for constructing such a system will be apparent from the description above. Moreover, the present invention is not directed to any particular programming language. It is appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the present invention as described herein, and any descriptions of specific languages are provided above to disclose preferred embodiments of the invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting an intention that: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules or units or components of the devices in the examples disclosed herein may be arranged in a device as described in this embodiment or alternatively may be located in one or more devices different from the devices in this example. The modules in the foregoing examples may be combined into one module or may be further divided into multiple sub-modules.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the device in an embodiment may be adaptively changed and disposed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments.

Furthermore, some of the described embodiments are described herein as a method or combination of method elements that can be performed by a processor of a computer system or by other means of performing the described functions. A processor having the necessary instructions for carrying out the method or method elements thus forms a means for carrying out the method or method elements.

As used herein, unless otherwise specified the use of the ordinal adjectives "first", "second", "third", etc., to describe a common object, merely indicate that different instances of like objects are being referred to, and are not intended to imply that the objects so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.

While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having benefit of this description, will appreciate that other embodiments can be devised which do not depart from the scope of the invention as described herein. Furthermore, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. Accordingly, many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. The present invention has been disclosed in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense with respect to the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A display method executed in a computing device having one or more applications running therein, a window of the computing device including a display component therein, the method comprising:

in response to a first operation, zooming the display component from a first state to a second state;

in response to a first application receiving a communication message, displaying an icon of the first application on the display component in the second state;

and responding to the operation of clicking the icon to open the first application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a second operation, the display assembly is unfolded from the second state to the first state.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second operation is clicking on an area of the display component in the second state other than an icon.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to receiving the communication message in response to the first application, further comprising:

and displaying a preset icon on the display component in the second state.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the icon of the first application on the display component in the second state comprises:

loading the first application to the display component in a plug-in manner;

refreshing data;

displaying an icon of the first application in the display component in the second state.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

in response to one or more second applications receiving a notification message, icons of the first application and the one or more second applications are alternately flashed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second operation is clicking on a display component in the second state.

8. A display apparatus residing in a computing device having one or more applications running therein, a window of the computing device including a display component therein, the apparatus comprising:

a thumbnail module adapted to thumbnail the display component from a first state to a second state in response to a first operation;

a display module adapted to display an icon of a first application on the display component in the second state in response to the first application receiving a communication message;

and the opening module is suitable for responding to the operation of clicking the icon and opening the first application.

9. A computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing program instructions configured for execution by the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising instructions for performing the method of any of claims 1-7.

10. A readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when read and executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method of any of claims 1-7.