This is no coincidence, as Chrome tabs are now integrated directly into the
Recent Apps view.
The other interesting bit — and boy, have people asked for this feature — is dual -
app viewing mode or split - screen ability.
Instead, you'll find these apps
under apps view as mentioned above and marked as «new» where you can choose to pin the apps you want to your Start screen.
The navigation drawer appears at the top of the screen and allows users to navigate
between app views.
Alternatively, you can close the second app window all together and go back to a
single app view.
With just three or four apps running, you should be able to close them all without having to return to the
recent apps view.
Focusing on the «Start screen» options, note the top option will allow you to automatically boot and login directly to the desktop, show
Apps view automatically when you open Start, and so on.
In the Tiles section, you'll see Show more apps
in Apps view option which is introduced by Windows 8.1 Update.
There will also be Cover Shot and AR Stickers, gesture - based navigation, App - in -
App view for multitasking.
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app viewing of content.
Multi app view: To view two apps at the same time, long press the recent apps button and the current app (if compatible) will occupy the top half of the screen.
According to Sullivan, the Greyball tool hides the standard
city app view from individual riders, allowing Uber to show a different version to customers.
People who try to get real work done on an iPad will also appreciate that the recent
apps view now conserves your various split - screen workspaces.
There are clearly more apps compared to the
previous apps view, and you can also see that the «administrative tools» are also shown, which note, must be activated from the tiles options shown above.
When App Advisor for Google Play is enabled, Norton will automatically
scan apps you view in the Play Store.
Instead of stacking cards on top of the other, the Venice shows a tile - based recent
apps view where each app has a custom size depending on how often it used.
In Honeycomb and native Ice Cream Sandwich, the recent
apps view presents thumbnails that will scroll up and down the page vertically.
9to5Mac's Mark Gurman reports that the Cupertino - based company plans to launch two new twelve - inch iPads, and introduce dual -
app viewing mode, also add multi-user support to its iOS mobile operating system.
Multi app view: To view two apps at the same time, hit recent apps and look for the multi view logo in the top left of the app card.
There are also icons on the cards in
recent apps view that will let you open up in split screen as there were on the SGS5, but the long press is much more convenient.
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Used to be easy on my old device as it had a menu on
the app view.
As for photos, color quality varied depending upon
the app I viewed the images in; the default Android 3.0 experience left me feeling this screen was better than Xoom and the T - Mobile G - Slate, but it still lacks the natural skin tones and color balance of the Apple iPad 2.
Tapping the button brings you back a screen or page, swiping left on it opens the recent
apps view, and holding it down opens the home screen.
As for photos, color quality varied depending on
the app I viewed the images in; the default Android 3.0 experience left me feeling that this screen was better than those of the Xoom and the T - Mobile G - Slate, but it still lacks the natural skin tones and color balance of the Apple iPad 2's display.
Once you have that screen open, check the option for «Show
the Apps view automatically when I go to Start».
The option right below it, «Search everywhere instead of just my apps when I search from
the Apps view» will let you turn the Start screen into more of a Start Menu if you uncheck that option.
Otherwise when you boot your computer, it will load up
the all apps view, which is a little weird.
And after installing new apps, you'll notice a message at the lower - left corner of the Start screen that points you to
the Apps view so you can see what you recently just installed.
It's easy access to the apps you use most often, and it'll keep you in the desktop, rather than going to Start or
All apps view to open apps.
Tapping the button brings you back a screen or page, swiping left on it opens the recent
apps view, and holding it down opens the home screen.
Just enter the recent
apps view, tap and hold an app, and drag it to the top or bottom of the screen (or left and right sides, depending on the orientation of your device).
You may also want to clean up
the apps view by removing the apps that you no longer use.
For example, if you prefer to see
the Apps view versus all the tiles, you can choose to have the Start screen go directly to Apps view.
You can also force searches to look everywhere when in
the Apps view.
Finally, you can give priority to desktop apps when sorted by category in
the Apps view.
In order to see the rest, you will have to open
the Apps view and pin whatever you like to the Start screen.
You can also pin items to the taskbar from the Start screen rather than having to return to
the Apps view.
The other two tile options are relevant to
the Apps view.
Now open your Start Screen and go to
the All Apps view by clicking on the «down» arrow at the bottom left side of the start screen.
Now when you install the new update you will observe that a message appears at the lower - left corner of the Start screen that points you to
the Apps view to see apps you just finished installing.
In 8.1 Microsoft doesn't pin apps to the Start Screen by default; instead it puts them in
the All Apps view.
This includes changing whether your device boots straight to the Start screen or the desktop or showing
the Apps view when you go to Start.
If you want to put the tiles back, you can simply go to
the All Apps view, right - click on the app that has a live tile, and choose to pin to the Start Menu again.
We have already seen how you can Boot directly to Desktop or Show
the All Apps View.
A new «Navigation» tab within the Taskbar and Navigation Properties contains the boot - to - Desktop option; the option to sync the background of the desktop and Start screen; and the option to show
the Apps view automatically every time you view the Start screen.