A system for displaying the status of a plurality of threaded tasks operating
in
the background includes a status bar; a progress control bar in the status bar
for a primary task operating in the background and including a progress bar and
first and second action buttons; the progress bar visually representing progress
of a primary background operation; the first action button being selectable by
a user for initiating an action with respect to the primary background operation
and the second action button being selectable by a user for alternately displaying
and canceling a drop list of secondary progress control bars for secondary tasks
also operating in the background.
