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Hello,

Since 1.0.3.8 apps running in landscape are closed from the long phone edge (top).

Although it might sound like a good idea, as the top is where your eyes are, and not where the screen has physical top, I find it causing more harm than benefit.

First of all, after closing or backgrounding an app, you end up in portrait -only mode, so you might have already started turning the screen to portrait . You don't know if the action will be close or background.

Secondly, not all apps in landscape close along the new behaviour. I believe to have had some problems with Android apps, but I might be wrong.

As a prime example take Fingerterm. Open it up, rotate to landscape, check - long edge closes. Now still in landscape click the bars and select New window. Check the behaviour in nrw window - long edge backgrounds.

I shut down 2 running command sessions because of this. Now I am double-checking if the action now is background or close.

Also, when the phone put in landscape is lying flat, and you just want to background whatever stuff is there, you first need to check which gesture is the right one.

Hello,

Since 1.0.3.8 apps running in landscape are closed from the long phone edge (top).

Although it might sound like a good idea, as the top is where your eyes are, and not where the screen has physical top, I find it causing more harm than benefit.

First of all, after closing or backgrounding an app, you end up in portrait -only mode, so you might have already started turning the screen to portrait . You don't know if the action will be close or background.

Secondly, not all apps in landscape close along the new behaviour. I believe to have had some problems with Android apps, but I might be wrong.

As a prime example take Fingerterm. Open it up, rotate to landscape, check - long edge closes. Now still in landscape click the bars and select New window. Check the behaviour in nrw window - long edge backgrounds.

I shut down 2 running command sessions because of this. Now I am double-checking if the action now is background or close.

Also, when the phone put in landscape is lying flat, and you just want to background whatever stuff is there, you first need to check which gesture is the right one.