1. In a computer system including a display screen comprising an area displaying a user interface of the computer system, a computer-implemented method for presenting a layer, the method comprising: responsive to a trigger event by a user of the computer system, activating, in the area displaying the user interface, a layer configured for the user that is separate from the user interface, thereby providing access to a group of widgets contained by the layer; and wherein the layer displayed on the display screen of the computer system may be accessed by the user from a location remote from the computer system display screen.