pcappdate. Microsoft might not be focusing too much on Windows 10 Mobile this year, but users know exactly how the platform can be improved, so they propose all kinds of innovative ideas in this direction.
The latest comes from reddit user aarontimothee who found a way to offer split-screen multi-tasking on devices running Windows 10 Mobile.
And this proposed concept certainly makes sense, especially because Microsoft has focused a lot on the one-handed mode that’s part of the operating system.
As the concept creator explains, the split screen mode is activated “when you press and hold start and enable the one-handed mode,” so instead “of a blank space in the upper part, the OS shows you the multitasking menu which lets you select an app to run in split screen.”
This idea is very similar to the multitasking system that was introduced with Windows 8 for touch-capable devices and which allowed users to run two or more apps side by side. A slider separating the app lets users automatically resize apps, but given the fact that on Windows 10 Mobile the available space is quite limited, such a feature would be harder to implement.
Keep in mind that this is just a concept for the time being and there’s no sign yet that Microsoft would implement such a feature, although there’s no doubt it would really come in handy.
Monday, April 4, 2016
3:29 AM
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