1. A method for providing a menu for a device, comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) by which a user selects a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value as a separate step from at least one subsequent request for displaying of current settings, and after having selected a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, until the user selects a new set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, the user intends at least one subsequent request for displaying of current settings to result in displaying only the difference in values between the current settings and the set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value; providing a GUI for selecting and specifying prominent display of a set of at least one setting from available setting items for the device, wherein the prominent display comprises a first tab in the menu and a tab that is displayed prominently simultaneously as the other tabs in the menu; and upon a user's request to display current settings, displaying at least one current setting item and value, wherein a setting value that is the same as a standard setting value is displayed in a first visually distinct manner and a setting value that is different from a standard setting value is displayed in a second visually distinct manner, wherein the at least one current setting item and value is displayed in a first tab of the menu comprising at least one tab; and wherein after the user's selecting of a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, and before a user's request to display current settings, there is at least one change operation upon a setting value for the device, and, the at least one change operations upon the setting value for the device, by changing the current setting value, affects and determines the choice of manner of display from the first and the second visually distinct manners of the current setting value, if the current setting value is to be displayed.
1. A method for providing a menu for a device, comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) by which a user selects a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value as a separate step from at least one subsequent request for displaying of current settings, and after having selected a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, until the user selects a new set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, the user intends at least one subsequent request for displaying of current settings to result in displaying only the difference in values between the current settings and the set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value; providing a GUI for selecting and specifying prominent display of a set of at least one setting from available setting items for the device, wherein the prominent display comprises a first tab in the menu and a tab that is displayed prominently simultaneously as the other tabs in the menu; and upon a user's request to display current settings, displaying at least one current setting item and value, wherein a setting value that is the same as a standard setting value is displayed in a first visually distinct manner and a setting value that is different from a standard setting value is displayed in a second visually distinct manner, wherein the at least one current setting item and value is displayed in a first tab of the menu comprising at least one tab; and wherein after the user's selecting of a set of at least one pair of standard setting item and value, and before a user's request to display current settings, there is at least one change operation upon a setting value for the device, and, the at least one change operations upon the setting value for the device, by changing the current setting value, affects and determines the choice of manner of display from the first and the second visually distinct manners of the current setting value, if the current setting value is to be displayed. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a setting item is displayed in a differential tree in which a branch containing a setting value different from a standard setting value is expanded.