Resuming an application after lock [duplicate]

You're always just about a swipe and a tap away from the latest used app (if it's not closed), so if you've waited 20 minutes for an answer to your message, those additional seconds to activate an already- open app before writing back shouldn't be too hard to wait through...

Using browser when moving between public transports, and standing in queues and elevator stairs is pain with current implementation. You have to constantly turn the screen off to avoid accidentally pressing anything on screen, and when you expect to continue reading, you have to go through doubletap, swipe and click the browser.

Lockscreen shortcuts is one thing, but for me its slots are already preserved by JollaOpas, TransitLive and camera.

Especially camera is an app that should be reachable with just a press of a button, so that it could be readied as fast as possible and without looking.

@Kayakist I think the point here is that (my example was terrible) I don't understand why we have to take that extra mile since these same people worked on the easy-to-use Nokia N9!

Although it's technically unfair to compare, iPhone, Android and Windows Phone all do this, thus making it the industry standard.

Also, the seconds add up to be hours.

@Manatus made a MUCH better example than I did, so refer to that when searching for if this is a BIG deal or not.

Part of the issue is that the last used app is in the top lefthand corner. About the most difficult spot to reach for a right handed person, especially with the size of the device being what it is. Altering this ordering might bring some positive results.