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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5151443" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>something to bear in mind, as a technicality, what we mostly need on an iTouch is simple task-swapping, not actual multi-tasking.</p><p></p><p>multi-tasking is where the CPU(s) continues processing on the original task, while executing a new one. Background downloading, syncing, playing music in the background while you do something else on the system are examples.</p><p></p><p>For active applications on a small screen, you can't physically manipulate 2 apps at the same time. Even in Windows, with them side-by-side, the keyboard only types in one window.</p><p></p><p>What you really mean is task-swapping, the act of flipping back and forth seemlessly, and while you're flipped, the previous task freezes until you return to it.</p><p></p><p>The current iTouch product line sucks for that. it's why copy/paste is still kind of useless. Because you open on app, copy it, click the home button, open the next app, then paste it, do stuff with it, then click the home button and re-open the original app and hope it is where you left it (depends on the app if it saves state).</p><p></p><p>The Windows TaskBar is one such handy UI tool to enable task swapping, you can see everything that's running. Very nice.</p><p></p><p>On BlackBerry, you've got to click a little to actually find the running tasks, so you can close them or return to them. Not so good.</p><p></p><p>this is why a multi-function app is so useful, if it has the die roller, the char sheet and srd reader packed into it, you never lose state as you flip from each tool (because you aren't leaving the context of the app).</p><p></p><p>BTW, I lol'd at the image of the over-excited player tossing his magic missiled IPod.</p><p></p><p>I definitely like the idea of an iPad at the gaming table versus a laptop. The trick is having decent software that supports the game you play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5151443, member: 8835"] something to bear in mind, as a technicality, what we mostly need on an iTouch is simple task-swapping, not actual multi-tasking. multi-tasking is where the CPU(s) continues processing on the original task, while executing a new one. Background downloading, syncing, playing music in the background while you do something else on the system are examples. For active applications on a small screen, you can't physically manipulate 2 apps at the same time. Even in Windows, with them side-by-side, the keyboard only types in one window. What you really mean is task-swapping, the act of flipping back and forth seemlessly, and while you're flipped, the previous task freezes until you return to it. The current iTouch product line sucks for that. it's why copy/paste is still kind of useless. Because you open on app, copy it, click the home button, open the next app, then paste it, do stuff with it, then click the home button and re-open the original app and hope it is where you left it (depends on the app if it saves state). The Windows TaskBar is one such handy UI tool to enable task swapping, you can see everything that's running. Very nice. On BlackBerry, you've got to click a little to actually find the running tasks, so you can close them or return to them. Not so good. this is why a multi-function app is so useful, if it has the die roller, the char sheet and srd reader packed into it, you never lose state as you flip from each tool (because you aren't leaving the context of the app). BTW, I lol'd at the image of the over-excited player tossing his magic missiled IPod. I definitely like the idea of an iPad at the gaming table versus a laptop. The trick is having decent software that supports the game you play. [/QUOTE]
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