Thread: Multitasking on Android
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imaginaryenemy is offline imaginaryenemy
2016-06-24 , 18:32
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#25
Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
But for me as a user, it is not a real multitasking if a video I am playing stops when I switch to the browser.

Multi = more than one. Task = task. Multitasking = doing more than one task simultaneously. I don't care that the OS can run many processes. If the OS stops me from doing more than one task, then as far as I am concerned, it does not support multitasking. Simples.
This is all doable on stock android (let alone OEM skins like Samsung's Touchwiz and their split screen multitasking). I play videos (including ones from YouTube) through VLC in the background while I'm doing any number of tasks.

Again, it depends on what the user is looking for. My multitasking experience is no more hindered on Android than it was on Harmattan.
Last edited by imaginaryenemy; 2016-06-24 at 23:41.
 

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