Timeline for Do people really want to look at multiple windows at once?
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| Jan 3, 2013 at 15:47 | comment | added | JonW♦ | @JoshCampbell can you replace the quote that was edited into your answer with the relevant area of the document you have found instead? | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 11:45 | comment | added | Josh Campbell | The quote and reference to Microsoft are not of my writing, but from the edits of anothers. The documentation found here is where I pulled my "multiple windows" facts from. You're correct about the multiple monitors. As I originally stated... when was the last time anyone opened just one Window? Can you learn a programming language with just one? | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 10:41 | comment | added | Kyberias | I agree with Sam Brightman. You misinterpret that text. It assumes tasks require multiple windows and then tests whether people are more effective by using larger screens. | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 10:14 | comment | added | Sam Brightman | From that quote and skimming the document I think you are significantly misinterpreting it. The comparison is between small and large displays, given multiple tasks. It doesn't read like a claim that people want or are more productive with multiple windows on screen at once. It's not even clear to me that '4 active windows' means on screen at the same time (maybe I missed this). Personally, I think fullscreen makes sense until screens get really big (bigger than average screens now). | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 6:30 | comment | added | Dainius | Using multiple windows is not same as using few windows at same time, look for user multitasking in wikipedia and you will find, that multitasking actually decrease performance. | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 0:45 | comment | added | Josh Campbell | @Guvante Anything look familiar? A day made of glass. UX Design is gonna go right out the window. lol | |
| Jan 3, 2013 at 0:05 | comment | added | Guvante | @JoshCampbell: To be fair to Microsoft, I think they are trying to survive in a mouse/keyboard/wire free world. The home PC is a dying breed, and Microsoft is trying to get people used to their particular tablet UI. | |
| Jan 2, 2013 at 22:03 | comment | added | Josh Campbell | For what it's worth, it may be advantageous to keep in mind that Microsoft is pushing for a mouse/keyboard/wire free world. Outside of the UI aspect of Win 8, did anyone really think Microsoft abandoning their greatest development technologies for HTML/CSS3/JavaScript was pure coincidence? Oh, how our children will laugh. | |
| Jan 2, 2013 at 17:38 | comment | added | Kevin McCormick | I find it priceless that Microsoft is hosting a copy of this document... | |
| S Jan 2, 2013 at 15:53 | history | suggested | Graham Herrli | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
inserted a quotation from the linked source so that when the link breaks, the answer still has value
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| Jan 2, 2013 at 15:44 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 2, 2013 at 14:23 | history | edited | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Replaced original link with the one suggested by Dan D.
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| Jan 2, 2013 at 12:08 | history | edited | JonW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added link into the answer that was provided in the comments.
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| Jan 2, 2013 at 11:34 | comment | added | Josh Campbell | Sorry it took so long, but the ACM library is not very intuitive. I found a copy of it in Google docs. You will have to scan through the doc to find the exact area, but you can look at 'pg. 15 para 4 Conclusion' to get a taste of what you're looking for. Hope it helps. books.google.com/… | |
| Jan 2, 2013 at 10:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 2, 2013 at 10:22 | history | answered | Josh Campbell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |