1. A method for animating the transition of a change of orientation of an electronic device interface, comprising: displaying an interface in a first orientation; pre-rendering a display of the interface in a second orientation; identifying at least two regions of the interface, wherein each of the at least two regions has a specific position in each of the first orientation and in the second orientation; defining, for each identified region, an animation from the position of the region in the first orientation to the position of the region in the second orientation; and simultaneously displaying the animations for each identified region, wherein the at least two regions are overlaid throughout the animations.