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I'm curious: What exactly are you expecting to be able to do with multitasking that Android doesn't already do?

by jcl 17y ago

jsz0 17y ago
It's just a GUI issue for me. I want a way to easily see which applications are running and more consistency in how applications terminate or stay running in the background. Right now I'd say it's 50/50 -- some apps quit when you hit the home button, some remain running. There's no taskbar, dock or expose style feature to quickly see what's running or switch between applications. The drop down menu is hit and miss. A few apps will put up a notification that say they are still running but most don't. I also think there should be someway to ensure the core applications don't suffer from background tasks. If I leave some apps running in the background sometimes my dialpad in the phone app becomes very laggy to the point of being unusable so I have to get into the habit of pausing my music before I made a phone call and restarting it afterwards instead of letting the phone pause it for me.
- thwarted 17y ago
  Holding down the home key shows a list of six running/recently running apps. There are task managers in the market, I've not gotten a lot of use out of them, other than to note that I should remove an app I'm no longer using any more that I wasn't aware was running. What happens when an app no longer has foreground capability is app-dependent.
- catch23 17y ago
  install the advanced task killer app on android
- hexley 17y ago
  As an iPhone user I'm shocked if that is actually the state of things in Android. The iPhone automatically fades out music for calls. And these multitasking interfaces: http://www.cultofmac.com/kirikae-jailbreak-app-switcher-for-iphone-ipod-touch/16471 http://www.cultofmac.com/kirikae-jailbreak-app-switcher-for-... http://www.multifl0w.com/ http://www.multifl0w.com/
  - jsz0 17y ago
    Sorry if I made it sound worse than it is. Android does fade out the music it just doesn't do so well handling multiple things at once. I feel like certain apps (phone of course) should always work more or less perfectly no matter what else the device is doing. The lack of a good multi-tasking UI just aggravates the situation because I'll often have 3 or 4 background apps running that I had no clue about until I notice a performance drag. I'm not going to run a task manager every few minutes to make sure my device can operate properly. That's just unacceptable.
mark_h 17y ago
I still really like the "cards" metaphor that Palm WebOS uses (well, I like the idea of it -- I've only played with it in a shop, not lived with it full time, but I do live with android and I still want to be able to do it)

I'm curious: What exactly are you expecting to be able to do with multitasking that Android doesn't already do?

by jcl 17y ago

I'm curious: What exactly are you expecting to be able to do with multitasking that Android doesn't already do?

jsz0 17y ago

It's just a GUI issue for me. I want a way to easily see which applications are running and more consistency in how applications terminate or stay running in the background. Right now I'd say it's 50/50 -- some apps quit when you hit the home button, some remain running. There's no taskbar, dock or expose style feature to quickly see what's running or switch between applications. The drop down menu is hit and miss. A few apps will put up a notification that say they are still running but most don't. I also think there should be someway to ensure the core applications don't suffer from background tasks. If I leave some apps running in the background sometimes my dialpad in the phone app becomes very laggy to the point of being unusable so I have to get into the habit of pausing my music before I made a phone call and restarting it afterwards instead of letting the phone pause it for me.

thwarted 17y ago
Holding down the home key shows a list of six running/recently running apps. There are task managers in the market, I've not gotten a lot of use out of them, other than to note that I should remove an app I'm no longer using any more that I wasn't aware was running. What happens when an app no longer has foreground capability is app-dependent.
catch23 17y ago
install the advanced task killer app on android
hexley 17y ago
As an iPhone user I'm shocked if that is actually the state of things in Android. The iPhone automatically fades out music for calls. And these multitasking interfaces: http://www.cultofmac.com/kirikae-jailbreak-app-switcher-for-iphone-ipod-touch/16471 http://www.cultofmac.com/kirikae-jailbreak-app-switcher-for-... http://www.multifl0w.com/ http://www.multifl0w.com/
- jsz0 17y ago
  Sorry if I made it sound worse than it is. Android does fade out the music it just doesn't do so well handling multiple things at once. I feel like certain apps (phone of course) should always work more or less perfectly no matter what else the device is doing. The lack of a good multi-tasking UI just aggravates the situation because I'll often have 3 or 4 background apps running that I had no clue about until I notice a performance drag. I'm not going to run a task manager every few minutes to make sure my device can operate properly. That's just unacceptable.

mark_h 17y ago

I still really like the "cards" metaphor that Palm WebOS uses (well, I like the idea of it -- I've only played with it in a shop, not lived with it full time, but I do live with android and I still want to be able to do it)