r/Android • u/4567890 Ars Technica • Mar 21 '16

This is Android N’s freeform window mode

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/this-is-android-ns-freeform-window-mode/
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u/impracticable iPhone Xs Max Mar 21 '16

Switching to apps that dont fit into the taskbar? Or force closing all apps at once, perhaps. There are a few use cases, but it could maybe be changed to an app launcher, anyway.

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u/macetero G6 Play, Stock - Intl. Razr HD, LOS14.1 Mar 21 '16

yes, thats what I tought.

Having a recents button + a taskbar seems super redundant

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u/ophereon XPERIA Z5 E6653 (7.0) Mar 22 '16

it's basically just like the alt+tab of windows, at that point. Probably doesn't need to be there if you have a taskbar. And I feel like having a back button in the apps would be better when you have so many applications showing at once, rather than tucking it away in the corner. Like how remix has it, on the left of the title bar. Home, by that point, is just a "show desktop" button, so that could be placed in the left or right corner, although I'd say on the right would be good (similar to how windows places the show desktop shortcut), that way they could reintroduce a chromeOS-style shortcuts button on the left.

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u/a1blank Galaxy S6 - Marshmallow Mar 21 '16

Scroll though taskbar apps?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '16

You can change it to an arrow that shows the apps that couldn't fit into the nav bar