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An Android multitasking revelation – Computerworld


Then, once you’re looking at the app list, find any app, press and hold it for a split second, and tap “Freeform window” in the menu that appears. That’s it.

Android multitasking — freeform window option
Thar she blows: Panels’ “Freeform window” option, in action and ready to serve you.

JR Raphael, Foundry

Once a freeform window is in front of you, you can hold your finger to its top edge to move it anywhere on your screen and swipe around on any of its corners to resize it — as shown in the animation earlier in this article. The power is in your paws.

You might want to go back through Panels’ settings again after a while to tweak some specifics about your on-demand app drawer’s appearance and interface, but by and large, you’re all set and ready to roll — and you’ll never have to revisit the under-the-hood mechanics of this again.

Welcome to the future, my friend. Now, let’s say it together, shall we?



This story originally appeared on Computerworld

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