45. The apparatus of claim 42, wherein said plurality of dialog boxes further comprises: one or more permanent dialog boxes that are permanently displayed on the graphical user interface, wherein said dialog manager causes control inputs provided to said one or more permanent dialog boxes to be applied immediately to the computer-based system.
42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein said plurality of dialog boxes comprises: a plurality of temporary dialog boxes each of which is opened in response to user selection of representative launch display on the graphical user interface and which is closed.