1. A method in a computer system having a display device and an input device for minimizing one or more application windows displayed on the display device in response to a triggering event, the method comprising: displaying on the display device two or more application windows; determining that the triggering event was performed by the input device with respect to a first application window; incident to said determining, minimizing all of said two or more application windows that are minimizable except for the first application window, wherein said first application window remains displayed on the display device, and wherein a minimizable application window is any application window that is presently capable of being minimized; and creating an undo record that records one or more display characteristics of said two or more application windows when the all of said two or more application windows that are minimizable are minimized.