1. For use in a computer system that includes memory and a monitor having a touch-sensitive screen for providing user input thereon, a method for displaying a working window on the touch-sensitive screen, the method comprising: providing a touch-sensitive screen for displaying none, one, or more windows and/or icons; defining in the memory an input stroke, said input stroke corresponding to the touching of the touch-sensitive screen at a first location and continuing in a first direction to a second location, wherein said input stroke is not related to a displayed window and/or icon; defining in the memory a plurality of icons each icon representing a working window; providing a first user input stroke; comparing the first user input stroke with the input stroke defined in memory; displaying the plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive screen in response to the comparing step; selecting a displayed icon; displaying a working window corresponding to the selected icon wherein the working window is scrolled onto the touch-sensitive screen in the first direction.