3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transiently displaying the similarity metric.
1. A method for interactive classification of objects, comprising: receiving an instruction to place a new object in a workspace containing organized existing objects; determining a degree of similarity of the new object to existing clusters of one or more existing objects or categorized groups of existing objects in the workspace using a similarity metric; providing a visual indication of basis of similarity of a new object to the clusters or groups by visually indicating in similar clusters or groups one or more specific similarity terms or similarity elements that are the basis of similarity, and wherein the degree of similarity is used to influence space allocation and altering of a display of the workspace by one or more of panning, scrolling or resizing of objects to automatically bring into view clusters or group of the most similar objects without modifying the organization of the existing objects in the workplace.