![]() ![]() This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but does offer up a bit of an inconsistent user experience. A problem is that some apps don't use the up and down swipes so there is a lot of discovery that you have to make to figure out how to fully use your Surface RT. Once you learn that there are gestures like this available, they become quite useful. Always available, swipe down from the top and drag the app down the screen: This will close the running application.Always available, swipe from left to right, and then back quickly right to left without lifting your finger on the left side of the screen: This slides out a row of most recently used applications, which looks very similar to the task switcher we see in the later versions of the Android OS.Always available, swipe from left to right on left side of screen: This will switch to another open and running application.Don't forget there are Charms icons on the keyboard too. The Charms are designated Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. Always available, wipe from right to left on right side of screen: You will see the "Charms" appear on the right side and the clock appear over on the left.Some examples include changing views in the calendar, changing status of emails, viewing IE tabs, creating new notes, and more. Within an app, swipe from bottom up or top: Applications support different menu items if you swipe from the top or bottom onto the display.Within an app, swipe from left to right on left side and hold your finger on app thumbnail that you "grab": You can now drag this thumbnail to the right or left side of an open app and split the screen to view two apps at once. ![]() This name will appear on the regular Start screen and is a nice way to have an entertainment group, news group, gaming group, etc. A zoomed out Start screen will appear, you can now tap, hold, and drag down on groups of tiles and name them.
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