1. A method for displaying a diagram of at least a portion of a networked computer system, comprising: displaying an icon representing at least one component of the networked computer system viewed at a first level; displaying a link representing a relationship between at least one of the components represented by the icon and at least one remote component of the networked computer system viewed at the first level; receiving a signal from an input device; correlating the signal to a zoom operation; and performing the zoom operation, including gradually increasing a zoom speed from zero to a predetermined maximum zoom speed and back to zero during the zooming operation.