Not exact matches
As with other Honeycomb tablets, a Recent
Apps button displays open apps in a thumbnail view so you can switch between them eas
Apps button displays open
apps in a thumbnail view so you can switch between them eas
apps in a
thumbnail view so you can switch between them easily.
The images don't show on the pop - up in the middle of the screen — maybe they have to be set up
as thumbnails — and I can't get the
app to launch to download comics from the internet; there's always an error.
In each section, the books /
apps / magazines appear
as attractive
thumbnails on a set of white shelves.
Unlike the Nook Tablet's
app, the Kindle Fire's Gallery
app supports folders, shows rectangular
thumbnails as well
as square ones, and displays image information.
It'll serve
as the
thumbnail when people browse their libraries in any of the many available desktop - based programs or device - based
apps for reading ebooks and managing ebook libraries.
Now you can continue opening other
apps, and minimising them
as you please, swiping left and right between the
thumbnails to pick the one you want.
Honeycomb also makes switching between tasks
as easy
as tapping the layers button on the lower - left portion of the screen and selecting from a
thumbnail list of open
apps.
The first is necessary to clean up the lock screen, while the second is to change the recent
app thumbnails to be more round
as well
as modifying the number of quick settings columns.
Transitions and animations tend to be choppy compared to modern streaming boxes, and TiVo's ribbon menu concept — in which rows of image
thumbnails appear
as you scroll through a column of menu text — can be disorienting compared to fully image - driven
apps like Netflix.
The Recent
apps screen features a flat, vertically - scrolling list of
thumbnails instead of Oreo's Rolodex - like cascading cards
as Google claims it's less graphically demanding.
The Center has toggles
as well
as app shortcuts and
thumbnails of all the recent
apps.
It also means you can have a desktop program and a Store
app open side by side, instead of having the desktop turn into
thumbnails as soon
as you make a Store
app large enough to use.
You can now play MKV files directly from Windows Media Player (
as well
as other desktop and modern
apps), MKV files will show
thumbnails and metadata in File Explorer, support for DLNA and Play To scenarios has been added, and more.
This overview screen looks nearly identical to the stock version, which is a big plus for one - handed use and is just generally easier to use,
as it displays nice large
thumbnails of each
app complete with colored status bars and clear icons and names for each
app.
Most Windows users don't know the Alt - Tab keyboard combination to see and switch between all running
apps, so
as well
as having a redesigned task switcher with bigger
thumbnails, Windows 10 also puts a task view icon in the taskbar to help them find it.