1. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed, generate on a display device a graphical user interface (GUI) for presenting representations of selected objects in a computer system, the GUI comprising: an object presentation area presenting an object selected from a collection of objects, the selected object being presented using a selected visual representation selected from at least first and second visual representations, wherein the first and second visual representations are initiated using different initiation techniques in the computer system; a first input control for causing the object presentation area to present the selected object using another visual representation instead of the selected visual representation, the other visual representation being selected from the at least first and second visual representations; and a second input control for causing the object presentation area to present another object selected from the collection of objects instead of the selected object, wherein the other object will be presented using any visual configuration that is currently used in presenting the selected object.