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[Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx>]

Non-dev comment:
      I very much agree with this suggestion. Doesn't have to be implement exactly this way, though I also like the idea of short swipe, long swipe. Similar to short press long press.

   I always hoped Ubuntu would have take OpenWebOS code and used it instead of starting fresh. But the primary thing I liked about WebOS was the card style multitasking. It felt much more intuitive and empowering to use. Like I was really in control of what I was doing with my device. Not fumbling trying to work around the difficulties.

Please look into this deeper and try to put the GNU/Linux/Ubuntu flair on it to make it easy for gramma and gramdad but still hold the empowering capabilities of the original concept.

Thank you guys and God Bless your work.
   Clem

Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>With our current multitasking system, swiping from the right switches
>to
>the previous application.
>
>This is good.
>
>When we swipe marginally from the left, it brings up the dock. Swiping
>all
>the way to the right returns us home (specifically, to the apps page).
>What
>if swiping marginally from the right switched to the previous one, but
>swiping fully from the right brought us to the a card style app
>switcher
>similar to what webOS and now iOS 7 have implemented? It seems like an
>elegant extension of swiping from the left, to assume that swipe
>distance
>on the right similarly impacts the effect. A short swipe from the right
>would allow you to quickly switch to the previous app as well, so not
>impacting functionality.
>
>I know this might be considered redundant, but I still thought it was
>worth
>mentioning. You are free to discard this idea fully.
>
>-- 
>Sincerely,
>    Josh
>
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