Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Heiwad Hamidy Osman

Tsz Yan Wong

Daryl Tanghe

Denise Michele Trabona

Ethan Nelson Ray

Holger Kuehnle

Holger Kühnle

Saurabh Wagh

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Patrice Lynn Miner

James Lee

Maverick J Velasco

Matthew Isaac Worley

Alice Pritikin Steinglass

Jennifer Nan

Raymond J Chen

Theresa B Pittappilly

Brian S LeVee

Steven Philip Benario

Holber Kühnle

Various embodiments enable notifications to be generated in both touch and non-touch environments. In at least some embodiments, a notification window is presented and a drag operation can reveal one or more secondary actions that can be performed. In at least some embodiments, selection of one or more of the secondary actions can occur independent of, and without utilizing additional special affordances, such as buttons.

Secondary actions on a notification

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.

Display of immersive and desktop shells

Display screen with graphical user interface

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

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