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Navigation
As I mentioned earlier, the “hot corner” navigation techniques of Windows 8 are no longer supported.
Instead, in Windows 10 you can switch to Task view and then click or tap to choose the app you want
from a collection of proportionally sized thumbnails showing all open windows.
On a tablet or touchscreen-equipped device, swipe from the left to open Task view. With a mouse
and keyboard, press the shortcut Windows logo key + Tab. In either mode, click or tap the Task View
button on the taskbar, just to the right of the search box.
Figure 2-11 shows Task view in operation on a PC running Windows 10 version 1511, with six task
windows available for switching.
FIGURE 2-11 In Task view, every running app and every open settings page or File Explorer window gets its own
thumbnail for quick task switching.
If you see only four running tasks in Figure 2-11, look more closely. Two additional programs are running
on a second virtual desktop, which you can switch to with a click or a tap.
Windows 10 also improves, subtly but significantly, on the window-snapping behavior (also known
as Aero Snap) from Windows 7. In Windows 10, you can snap a window to either side, where it will occupy
half the screen, or to any of the four corners so that it occupies that quadrant of the display.
If you snap a window to either side, Windows 10 assumes you want to snap another window
alongside it, perhaps to copy data from a webpage and paste it into a Microsoft Word document or
to move files between File Explorer windows. To make picking that second snapped app easier for
you, Windows 10 helpfully displays thumbnails of all other running windows alongside the one you
just snapped, as shown in Figure 2-12. (Click anywhere else if you want to refuse the offer of snapping
a second window.)
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