Even if you only
use traditional desktop apps, it's worth enabling when you want to squeeze more battery life from your computer.
Microsoft's argument is pretty simple:
Use traditional desktop apps on a PC with a keyboard and mouse, and universal Office apps on small tablets and smartphones.
Not exact matches
As
desktop use,
traditional ads and virtual payments on
apps and games like those published by Zynga slow down, many analysts say the company's mobile business, commerce features and new external ad network will more than make up for it.
Use of the
app for these purposes acknowledges that learning — whether for academic credit, personal needs, or professional development — can occur any time and any place and via devices other than
traditional desktop or laptop computers.
His takeaways include: the importance of internet networking for lawyers, including via smartphones and tablets; the expectation that website visitors to law firm websites via
desktop computers will decrease in favor of mobile device users; the recommendation that lawyers explore Facebook and its mobile
app as part of networking efforts; and the observation that applications designed for networking are best
used on mobile devices / tablets, not
traditional computers.
Then there's the older,
traditional Skype
desktop app you're probably
used to, that you have to download separately — though once you do, it also launches at boot and keeps you signed in at all times.
The integration of the new «universal
apps» into the
desktop means you might actually want to
use them alongside your
traditional Windows
desktop programs.
Microsoft is
using the architecture change to force third - party
app developers to write
apps for the new Modern environment instead of the
traditional desktop environment.
- Phone tweaks: brought back National data roaming option - Ultimate notification control: — fixed improper lights and vibration handling during quiet hours affecting mainly ongoing notifications — improved detection of ongoing notifications belonging to foreground services — active Screen: added option for ignoring quiet hours (shows active screen during quiet hours)-- active screen: don't apply to ongoing foreground service notifications — active screen:
use direct wake up call instead of full wake lock (should improve compatibility on some devices)-- active screen: improved check for proximity sensor state - Statusbar tweaks: added option for
using Lollipop signal icons (with full support for MediaTek Gemini)- Quick settings Network mode tile: added option for specifying 2G +3 G mode: — allows to choose whether to
use GSM / WCDMA Preferred or GSM / WCDMA Auto — tile icon indicates which 2G +3 G mode is set (2G / 3G or 3G / 2G)- Quick settings QuickRecord tile: — added option for choosing audio quality — added option for choosing auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded
desktop toggle in power menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling auto brightness - GB
App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (
Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
The Metro versions of Office 2016 are all called «Mobile» versions to encourage you to not
use them and get the
traditional desktop apps instead.
Windows - based pro tablets such as Microsoft's Surface Pro allow you to run almost any
traditional desktop app, but the
desktop - class operating system isn't yet optimized for tablet
use — it carries a higher risk of malware and sometimes stumbles at touchscreen or stylus input.
You can even
use this method to display a Metro - style
app and the
traditional desktop at the same time.
Oculus Dash lets you
use traditional desktop computer
apps, code and communicate with friends all at once
The term is
used to distinguish between
apps built on the Windows universal
app platform and
traditional x86 / x64 software, which is referred to as Windows
desktop applications.
It won't affect any
traditional Windows
desktop apps that
use advertising — Microsoft's own Skype
desktop program, for example.