Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:12:44 -0700 | Subject | Re: Attempted summary of suspend-blockers LKML thread, take three | From | Brian Swetland <> |
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote: >> Once "the right solution" exists and solves our problems, we'll >> certainly look into switching over to it. I've yet to see a proposal >> in all this arguing that appears to me to be an improvement over what >> we have today with suspend blockers. I find the "don't do what you're >> doing because someday, somebody will do it better" to be an >> uncompelling argument. > > That was not an argument, it was an opinion. If you want an argument > go back to read this one: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1021834 > >> Given your opinion that Android lacks multitasking (what? really?) > > This is what I'm talking about when I say multi-tasking, Android > certainly doesn't have anything remotely like that: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7emvUBpEkbU
Home + pick app -> switch to the app in whatever state it was in.
Home (longpress) -> recent app list + pick app from popup -> switch to recent app in whatever state it was in.
pull down alert windowshade + pick app from alerts list -> switch to that app
I routinely flip back and forth between email / browser / IM / musicplayer / etc
I have no problem with you perhaps liking the visuals of the N900 better, but to say Android lacks multitasking (as you explain it below) is incorrect:
> By multi-tasking I mean me (the user) being able to perform multiple > tasks at the same time.
> For example: writing an email, while browsing the web, while having IM > conversations. Obviously not exactly at the same time; start writing > an email, go browse for some url, copy, answer a pending IM message, > go back to the mail, paste.
As far as implementing app switching with a deck of cards metaphor, I've seen that done by some OEMs with Android, though it's not the default system UI.
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