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The concept of window organization changes in Hildon. On a traditional desktop application, it is normal that an action performed over an element in a window brings up another window which can bring up a third one, and so on. On Hildon, the concept of window views is introduced. The idea behind window views is that windows are actually stacked and the user can only see the topmost one. An application can have several windows describing main tasks which are called root views (figure 1) and, on top of which, subviews (figure 2) are created. Whenever a subview is closed, the user sees the previous view. For instance, a root view can contain a list of email messages; selecting one of them brings a subview displaying it. | The concept of window organization changes in Hildon. On a traditional desktop application, it is normal that an action performed over an element in a window brings up another window which can bring up a third one, and so on. On Hildon, the concept of window views is introduced. The idea behind window views is that windows are actually stacked and the user can only see the topmost one. An application can have several windows describing main tasks which are called root views (figure 1) and, on top of which, subviews (figure 2) are created. Whenever a subview is closed, the user sees the previous view. For instance, a root view can contain a list of email messages; selecting one of them brings a subview displaying it. |
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