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An Early Look At Android M's Multi-Window Mode For Tablets

Ars Technica has a look at the experimental multi-window mode in the just-announced Android M. It's not a headlining feature yet: "buggy, busted, and buried, but intriguing nonetheless" is how Ars describes it. Android Police is similarly faint in its praise. All that might be true, but to many users even a partly working multi-window mode would be welcome, especially one blessed by Google. (Some Samsung users have had multi-window support for a while, but not built into the OS proper, and multi-window capabilities can be found via app, too.)

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  1. Re:When will Firefox OS get this functionality? by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "When will Firefox OS be getting this functionality?"

    They'll get tabs instead.

  2. Re:so what did they do? by 0123456 · · Score: 3, Funny

    To a hipster, everything old is new, because they know nothing about the past.

    I hear that, in the next radical upgrade, Android will add 'borders' to their apps and you'll be able to click on these 'windows' and move them around the screen and resize them, so you can control how much of each app you see, based on what you're doing at the time. It'll be so cool!

  3. Re:So now... by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously dude, your real world experiences are WRONG. Get your facts from the internet, not real life.

    Joking aside, give up. The guy you're trying to argue with is utterly impervious to logic, facts or reason. I've tried arguing with him and he's utterly impenetrable.

    --
    SJW n. One who posts facts.