Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Pai-Hung Chen

Song Zou

Patrice Lynn Miner

Bret P Anderson

David Andrew Matthews

Jared C Simpson

Jonathan Eric Gleasman

Wei Zhang

Brian Daniel Beck

Bonny Lau

Animation coordination system and methods are provided that manage animation context transitions between and/or among multiple applications. A global coordinator can obtain initial information, such as initial graphical representations and object types, initial positions, etc., from initiator applications and final information, such as final graphical representations and object types, final positions, etc. from destination applications. The global coordination creates an animation context transition between initiator applications and destination applications based upon the initial information and the final information.

Coordination of animations across multiple applications or processes

A method and computer-storage media for minimizing application windows based on a triggering event are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include determining that a triggering event has occurred with respect to a target window, automatically minimizing all of the minimizable application windows except the target application window, and generating an undo record that may be used to restore the minimized windows upon the determination that a second triggering event has occurred with respect to the target window. In one embodiment, the triggering event is shaking the target application window.

Window minimization trigger

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