Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Jeremy Monroe Bowen

Richard W Zarick

Chad Michael Roberts

Miron Vranjes

Chaitanya Dev Sareen

Nils Anders Sundelin

Christopher Doan

Josh Phillips

Jeffery G Arnold

Richard Fang

Alex G Snitkovskiy

Joyce S Chou

Dawn Wilson

Douglas Neil Montague

Jesse Clay Satterfield

Robert J Jarrett

Harold S Gomez

Jose Alberto Rodriguez

Mohammed Samji

Song Zou

Michael H Krause

Yaou Wei

Zachary Grant Herman

Jeffrey C Fong

Christian Klein

Tsz Yan Wong

Matthew Isaac Worley

Liang Jeff Chen

Jason Craig Nelson

Ryan Peter Gagnier

Megan Galbraith Donahue

Conroy Williamson

Rhoniel Villano Manlapaz

Theodore Aaron Haberman

Shane Jeremy Landry

Timothy Wantland

Ryan T Bickel

Sogol Malekzadeh

Lavanya Vasudevan

Christopher Alan Glein

Carmen Zlateff

Cara Lyn Tyler

Jonathan Gass

Steven James Frederickson

Christopher E Swan

Abhishek Malani

Oliver R Jones

Lori Beth Kratzer

Oliver Ross Prosser Jones

Megan Donohue

Richard Zarick

This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling dynamic joint dividers for application windows. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable sizing and positioning of application windows to provide an optimized layout of application windows.

Dynamic joint dividers for application windows

Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing universal back navigation for multiple windows. Universal back navigation allows universal back functionality to transition between operating in an in-application context and a cross-application context. In the in-application context, operation of the universal back functionality is restricted to functionality of an application (e.g., a single application) to which user instructions are to be currently directed by default. In the cross-application context, operation of the universal back functionality is not restricted to functionality of the application to which user instructions are to be currently directed by default.

Universal back navigation for multiple windows

Techniques for an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.

Experience mode transition

Systems, methods, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided for combined switching and placement of windows based on a single action. The single action may be moving an element to a hot spot or a snap portion of a display area. In response to the single action, an element is automatically launched, repositioned according to a snap portion or a hot spot that recognized the element, and opened, and a view is automatically switched to a view of at least the element.

Combined switching and window placement

Techniques for configuring a user interface based on an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.

Configuring a user interface based on an experience mode transition

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