10. A method for supporting an organization mode in which a plurality of user interface elements may be organized within a user interface, the method comprising: an act of displaying a canvas on the user interface, the canvas being subdivided into at least an extendable start board portion and a constituent element portion, the extendable start board portion being displayed simultaneously with the constituent element portion on the canvas, wherein: upon selection of any one user interface element in the extendable start board portion, the constituent element portion is updated to include a group of user interface elements that each corresponds to the selected any one user interface element, a size of the constituent element portion is dependent on a size of the extendable start board portion such that as the size of the extendable start board portion increases, the size of the constituent element portion decreases in response, and when the size of the constituent element portion decreases, an appearance of at least some elements in the group of user interface elements included in the constituent element portion is progressively cutoff to coincide with the decreasing size of the constituent element portion; an act of displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the extendable start board portion of the canvas so as to conform to a grid pattern having a plurality of grid positions on the extendable start board portion, each of the plurality of user interface elements fitting over one or more of the grid positions of the plurality of grid positions; an act of entering an organization mode in which the plurality of user interface elements may be organized on the canvas in a manner not permitted outside of the organization mode; after detecting user input directed to at least one user interface element in the plurality while in the organization mode, an act of causing an appearance of at least some remaining user interface elements in the plurality to change such that the appearances are deemphasized, the at least some remaining user interface elements being elements that were not associated with the user input; an act of causing at least some of the plurality of grid positions to be displayed on the canvas while in the organization mode; and while in the organization mode and in response to selecting a particular user interface element, an act of causing a contextual actions menu to appear for the particular user interface element, the contextual actions menu displaying a subset of available commands, the displayed subset of available commands being commands that have been previously identified as being commonly used by a user while the user interacts with the user interface in the organization mode, the contextual actions menu being displayed simultaneously with the particular user interface element.
10. A method for supporting an organization mode in which a plurality of user interface elements may be organized within a user interface, the method comprising: an act of displaying a canvas on the user interface, the canvas being subdivided into at least an extendable start board portion and a constituent element portion, the extendable start board portion being displayed simultaneously with the constituent element portion on the canvas, wherein: upon selection of any one user interface element in the extendable start board portion, the constituent element portion is updated to include a group of user interface elements that each corresponds to the selected any one user interface element, a size of the constituent element portion is dependent on a size of the extendable start board portion such that as the size of the extendable start board portion increases, the size of the constituent element portion decreases in response, and when the size of the constituent element portion decreases, an appearance of at least some elements in the group of user interface elements included in the constituent element portion is progressively cutoff to coincide with the decreasing size of the constituent element portion; an act of displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the extendable start board portion of the canvas so as to conform to a grid pattern having a plurality of grid positions on the extendable start board portion, each of the plurality of user interface elements fitting over one or more of the grid positions of the plurality of grid positions; an act of entering an organization mode in which the plurality of user interface elements may be organized on the canvas in a manner not permitted outside of the organization mode; after detecting user input directed to at least one user interface element in the plurality while in the organization mode, an act of causing an appearance of at least some remaining user interface elements in the plurality to change such that the appearances are deemphasized, the at least some remaining user interface elements being elements that were not associated with the user input; an act of causing at least some of the plurality of grid positions to be displayed on the canvas while in the organization mode; and while in the organization mode and in response to selecting a particular user interface element, an act of causing a contextual actions menu to appear for the particular user interface element, the contextual actions menu displaying a subset of available commands, the displayed subset of available commands being commands that have been previously identified as being commonly used by a user while the user interacts with the user interface in the organization mode, the contextual actions menu being displayed simultaneously with the particular user interface element. 18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the act of entering the organization mode further includes causing the entire user interface to be darkened.