1. A system for providing a graphical interface to a user, comprising: a server platform and an operating system and application software running thereon; and, a client device capable of running a standard web browser that accesses the software application on the server platform for displaying information to the user in a display area on the client device, without requiring additional software to be installed or downloaded or run on the client device and without requiring a scripting language to be enabled in the web browser on the client device; wherein the application software (i) facilitates manipulation by the user of unstructured data in the display area for detailed inspection; and, (ii) facilitates the user selectively causing to display annotations within the display area.