To improve the art of graphical user interfaces, the present invention
introduces a system that displays iconic resource representations having
a salient dimension in a manner that provides the user with an indication
of where the user is within that resource. The system of the present
invention achieves this goal with the use of a novel system of icon label
placement for that resource icon. Specifically, the system of the present
invention uses the position of a label on an iconic resource
representation that extends beyond at least one edge of a window to
convey a proportional position within than iconic resource
representation. Thus, a user is given an understanding of the current
proportional location within an iconic resource representation from where
the graphical interface system renders the label on the iconic resource
representation.