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[Tobias Mayr <tobiasmayr89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't the app page (that comes up when you fully swipe from left ro
right) replace the card style app list?

What I would like for the running apps when swiping from right is the
"swipe-choose-swipe on" mechanism that is used for notifications. It just
seems so super fluid for me.

Regards,
Tobias
Am 11.06.2013 03:09 schrieb "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> "card style" probably resembles ALT + TAB in the desktop.
>
> So I don't believe is a bad idea.
>
> Anyway the "*Apps lens*" shows some of the running apps as you can see
> here:
>
> http://youtu.be/Q566IGyVB0o?t=6m39s
>
> So I don't know if that might be an equivalent. Would be cool to just
> "swipe up" to close them.
>
> Also I believe you can switch using the "*Launcher"* (kinda like how you
> would do it on the desktop).
>
> Am not sure however if they fall off the radar and they need to make these
> things more obvious that apps are running and could use these methods to
> switch to them.
>
> Regards.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: clem11388@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:03:17 -0400
> To: coder543@xxxxxxxxx; ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Card style multitasking
>
> 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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