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#1121
Originally Posted by Kabouik View Post
What I'd lke is to use side swipes in the multitask view to show more than 9 apps. Just like the N9 has a vertical scroll in this view, the Jolla could have multiple pages horizontally arranged (with the Sailfish dots on top to indicate which page is being shown).

The maximum of 9 covers shown is an old concern about Sailfish and Jolla sailors have often argued that 9 is most often more than necessary, that they usually use less than that. They also added that anyway it's easy to see from icons which apps are open but not shown as covers (well, I'd like to see a screenshot of that by the way to see how the icon is altered to show an app is open but not previewed in a cover). Yet, the large majority of the videos we see since November 27th show Jollas with 9 covers shown. It means that people do use 9 apps simultaneously (or more), or at least they want to keep them open. To be honest I'm not surprised at all because I often have in between 8 and 11 apps open on my N9 despite its more limited hardware.
I'm fine with the 9 limit at the moment as it is most likely a bit appleish decision from Jolla to introduce arbitrary limitation for a smooth and similar experience to all.
Jolla not being Apple, they could add option to enable extra page for multitasking. Making also sure that people realize you have one windows already full of active tasks going enabling the option.