Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Brian S LeVee

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Patrice Lynn Miner

Tsz Yan Wong

Jennifer Nan

Bret P Anderson

Nils Anders Sundelin

Matthew Isaac Worley

Alice Pritikin Steinglass

Raymond J Chen

Theresa B Pittappilly

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Gerrit H Hofmeester

Benjamin Salim Srour

Adam Edward Barrus

Robert J Jarrett

Heiwad Hamidy Osman

Michael Seibert

Jason D Farnsworth

Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell.

Navigation of immersive and desktop shells

Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device.

Closing applications

Display of immersive and desktop shells

This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling thumbnail-image selection of applications. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable a user interface having selectable thumbnail images for applications not currently exposed on a display. The techniques and apparatuses may enable selection of this user interface through a simple gesture that is both easy-to-use and remember. Further, selection of applications not currently exposed on the display may be selected through thumbnail images representing each application's application interface as it will appear on selection.

Thumbnail-image selection of applications

Desktop as immersive application

Display screen with graphical user interface

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