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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5996021" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>well, multi-tasking versus task swapping may still be a misnomer. You only have one keyboard, and that keyboard is only addressing the current active application. As a human, you are not multi-tasking on a computer most of the time.</p><p></p><p>true multi-tasking on a computer comes into play when App1 is actually crunching some data, while you go work with App2. Downloading files, calculating Pi, converting data is the kind of thing where letting App1 work while you do something else in App2 is useful multi-tasking. Note that watching a video and working on something else would also count as multi-tasking (the App needs to continually update the screen, despite the user not actively working in it).</p><p></p><p>but what you may be needing is to SEE both App1 and App2 (app1 might be a web browser with information you need, and App2 is the program you are trying to use that information in) that still doesn't necessarily mean you are multi-tasking in the most meaningful sense of the word. The number of clock cycles App1 is consuming is minimal. What's most important is being able to SEE both the apps at the same time. You aren't actively engaging App1. And if you do, suspending App2 to hop to App1 is not a big deal if the transition back and forth is quick. Emphasis on quick.</p><p></p><p>the ability to see 2 Apps at once is where the tablet OSes (iOS/Android) are missing. It is an intentional design trait, as most basic users on a PC would maximize their apps anyway. Few people browse on a 15" or smaller screen with Outlook, IE and MSN visible all at the same time. Take that lesson to an iPhone, and it's a simple enough design concession.</p><p></p><p>However, as I've seen in Win8 Metro presentations, it DOES have a multi-app on screen mode without "windows". When a user drags or however to bring in the second app, they can do a 50/50 split, or 1/4 to 3/4 split of the two apps. This covers the simple use case of "I need to SEE App1 while using App2" Metro does this locked window sizing, rather than letting the user futz with dragging window sizes until they are happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5996021, member: 8835"] well, multi-tasking versus task swapping may still be a misnomer. You only have one keyboard, and that keyboard is only addressing the current active application. As a human, you are not multi-tasking on a computer most of the time. true multi-tasking on a computer comes into play when App1 is actually crunching some data, while you go work with App2. Downloading files, calculating Pi, converting data is the kind of thing where letting App1 work while you do something else in App2 is useful multi-tasking. Note that watching a video and working on something else would also count as multi-tasking (the App needs to continually update the screen, despite the user not actively working in it). but what you may be needing is to SEE both App1 and App2 (app1 might be a web browser with information you need, and App2 is the program you are trying to use that information in) that still doesn't necessarily mean you are multi-tasking in the most meaningful sense of the word. The number of clock cycles App1 is consuming is minimal. What's most important is being able to SEE both the apps at the same time. You aren't actively engaging App1. And if you do, suspending App2 to hop to App1 is not a big deal if the transition back and forth is quick. Emphasis on quick. the ability to see 2 Apps at once is where the tablet OSes (iOS/Android) are missing. It is an intentional design trait, as most basic users on a PC would maximize their apps anyway. Few people browse on a 15" or smaller screen with Outlook, IE and MSN visible all at the same time. Take that lesson to an iPhone, and it's a simple enough design concession. However, as I've seen in Win8 Metro presentations, it DOES have a multi-app on screen mode without "windows". When a user drags or however to bring in the second app, they can do a 50/50 split, or 1/4 to 3/4 split of the two apps. This covers the simple use case of "I need to SEE App1 while using App2" Metro does this locked window sizing, rather than letting the user futz with dragging window sizes until they are happy. [/QUOTE]
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