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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06.07.2015 16:29, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
> On 07/02/2015 11:45 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote:
>> On 02.07.2015 09:06, Alberto Mardegan wrote:
>>> On 02.07.2015 07:24, Victor Thompson wrote:
>>>> I was going to file a bug against a number of apps that I think
>>>> need to add the ability to be side-staged on a tablet.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm missing something essential, but shouldn't it be that
>>> the sidestage option is automatically available for all apps
>>> developed for the phone and which can run in portrait mode? When
>>> in the sidestage they'll be running roughly at the same size
>>> that they take when running in the phone, won't they?
> 
>> No. By default an app gets to the main stage on a tablet. At least
>> for now, an app has to explicitly specify that it wants to be on
>> the side stage.
> 
> I do agree that the default behaviour should be to get the main stage.
> 
> However, my understanding (based on old designs, maybe) was that *the
> user* has the ability to decide to open an application on the side stage.
> Or to send an application from the main stage to the side stage, and
> vice-versa.

That's the plan, yes. Still, the app needs to specify that it can run on
both, main- and side stage for that.

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