1. A method comprising: receiving an input to cause output of a menu in a user interface of a computing device; responsive to the receiving the input: ascertaining whether the user interface is in a full screen mode in which output of a single application is disposed in substantially an entirety of the user interface or, alternatively, whether the user interface is in a multitasking mode in which output of the single application and at least one other application is concurrently disposed in the user interface and which of the single application or the one other application is receiving focus, displaying an overlay menu with selectable options associated with the at least one of the single application or the at least one other application, wherein the overlay menu is displayed with the single application when the user interface is in the full screen mode, or with the at least one of the single application or the one other application is receiving focus when the user interface is in the multitasking mode, and selectively modifying which of a plurality of selectable menu functions are displayed with the overlay menu based on the ascertaining of whether the user interface is in the full screen mode or, alternatively, the multitasking mode, including: displaying the overlay menu with a first set of selectable menu functions based on at least a context of the single application when the user interface is in the full screen mode; and displaying the overlay menu with a second set of selectable menu functions that is displayed and usable to navigate and manage at least the single application or the one other application when the user interface is in the multitasking mode, wherein the second set of selectable menu functions is different than the first set of selectable menu functions, is chosen according to which of the single application or the one other application is receiving focus, and is at least based on a context of the application receiving focus.