Abstract: A system for displaying documents on a computer controlled display device is disclosed. The disclosed system supports displaying documents as strands, such that documents in a strand follow a strand path. The strand path is a two-dimensional line through a three-dimensional display space. The documents displayed on the strand are known as child documents, and each strand also has a parent document. Various constraints defining the strand are associated with the parent document, including a strand function defining the strand path when evaluated, minimum and maximum separation constraints defining the instance between the child documents on the strand, and an origin constraint defining the positional relationship of the strand path to the display of the parent document.
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