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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

A 20" screen definitely qualifies for desktop mode. I don't think it would
be running tablet style at that point.


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >The tablet interface have the side view and personally I think that is
> good. Anything more wouldn't be good.
>
> Well that mostly depends on the size of the tablet / touch screen.
>
> There are more and more big ones / hybrids selling as home computers:
>
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> http://blog.laptopmag.com/5-reasons-large-screen-tablets-are-the-next-big-thing
>
> So the bigger the more useful multi-window should be. You don't want all
> apps to be full-screen on a 20" tablet / hybrid. Sidestage is also pretty
> much full-screen vertically but with a division.
>
> However I don't know how a sidestaged calculator will look on those big
> tablets...
>
> Anyway, personally from the video, the horizontal re-sizing looks quite
> handy and easy to use, as well as some other gestures.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcMDTBPcjPs
>
> Not saying this needs to be something high priority at this point (maybe
> after 13.10 or 14.04), but vendors are manufacturing different types of
> hardware combinations, so they're the ones who decide what layout is best
> as default for their devices. And things are not standing still, there's a
> lot of innovation and opportunities going on. Can't let the big 3 take them
> all.
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-- 
Sincerely,
    Josh