1. A method for unobtrusively presenting selected visual content on a display that is coupled to a computing system to present an output thereof and on which other visual content is presented, comprising the steps of: (a) designating the selected visual content from among a plurality of different types of visual content presentable by the computing system on the display; (b) presenting the selected visual content in a region of the display; (c) rendering the selected visual content as to enable a user to direct input to the other visual content even when the selected visual content at least partially occupies the region of the display; and (d) enabling the computing system to respond to the input directed to the other visual content as though the selected visual content were not being presented on the display.