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one more to the "what's bad" multitasking is arcane and weird. you never know when you app will be on the back, runing on it's own state. or when it will be k
by gcb 16y ago
one more to the "what's bad"
multitasking is arcane and weird.
you never know when you app will be on the back, runing on it's own state. or when it will be killed for memory and the previous state restored. this is mainly a pain with the Aldiko ebook reader he mentions on the article and Opera.
put both of those applications on the background, and go do stuff.
if you didn't used much memory, you get the last book open on Aldiko and opera with the tabs.
if you did used more memory, the OS still show those apps as open (if you hold the home key) but changing to them will give you initial states. no more open tabs in opera. no more the current book open on aldiko. you even get the loading screen again of opera mini.
And since i installed a process killer, that shows what really is running --hint, it's not what the long-press-on-home-button tells you, i keep seeing (and killing) the mp3 store. I have NEVER clicked the mp3 store icon. it does not show up as a battery user on the battery use list. but it's always running... what gives?
but all and all, i like it. android is the PC revolution happening on the mobile market. Just like the mainframe lease is done today, the mobile abusive billing will be soon.
- natrius 16y agoThe Aldiko and Opera issues you mention are bugs in those programs, not in Android. They aren't properly saving their states.
- gcb 16y agoLet's try another one then. 1. open gtalk. (this one should be coded correctly, right?) and type anything. do not send. 2. long press home. 3. go to another app. let's say, browser. 4. long press home. 5 select gtalk. awesome! your text is there. awaiting you to send it. now, repeat step 1 to 3. but this time also open google maps, and google earth... and let's say google navigator (you are tring to confirm where something is) now proceed with steps 4 and 5. oh no! your text is not there anymore! did the guys that coded google talk do not know how to use their own OS? or you just took your information out of nowhere?
- natrius 16y agoI consider that a bug. From what I've heard, Android makes handling app switching straightforward to handle from the programmer's perspective.
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