This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Raluca Budiu
Summary: The Duo is a two-screen foldable mobile device that enables users to use two applications side by side, but most apps do not take advantage of the two screens. Support for information transfer from one app to the other is limited and multitasking within the same app is at times confusing.
Back in the fall of 2019, I remember observing a group of middle schoolers interacting with computers. It was the first class in a Java course and they were supposed to install several programs in order to set up their personal laptops so they could compile and run Java programs. What was amazing to me as an observer was how little these kids knew about how to use a computer. They all owned smartphones and were masters at using those, but when it came to switching tasks on their laptops or working with multiple applications, they were completely ignorant. They seemed to have no idea that they could place two different application windows side by side and combine information from both sources and were painfully trying to move from one application to another.
Things may have changed in the era of COVID, with kids being forced to spend their school day in front of their laptops. It’s very likely that by now they have learned how to juggle multiple windows.
But their behavior back in 2019 was due to the single-window constraint on modern smartphones . Most phones today don’t allow two different application windows visible on the screen at the same time. Even on larger screens such as tablets, where technically it is possible to split the screen, it’s not very often that we see users working with two different applications side by side.
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This content originally appeared on NN/g latest articles and announcements and was authored by Raluca Budiu
Raluca Budiu | Sciencx (2021-04-25T16:00:00+00:00) Multitasking on Microsoft’s Surface Duo. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/04/25/multitasking-on-microsofts-surface-duo/
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