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I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. Need to compare infornation if two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things are just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.

2. Open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to witch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. Need to compare infornation if two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things are just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.

2. Open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to witch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. Need I need to compare infornation if of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things are there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.

2. Open I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to witch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to witch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to witch switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

My two regulary appearing pain points are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on.on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

My two regulary appearing pain points are with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

My two regulary appearing pain points are with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare infornation of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare infornation information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app.

There just maybe neeed to be design quideline for developers to start implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app.

There just maybe neeed need to be design quideline guideline in place for developers to start implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc.etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, check and combine facts and do copy/paste between should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second dicument document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app.

There just maybe need to be design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, check and combine facts and do copy/paste between should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app.app already do as Whippler has been point out.

There just maybe need to be design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, check and combine facts and do copy/paste between should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app already do as Whippler has been point out.

There just maybe need to be design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, check and combine facts and do copy/paste between should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just maybe need to be put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important missing piece on (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, check and combine facts manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support for of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My two regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by conbining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 beats Jolla in this front.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by conbining combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front.front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.consistent. There are also thread that somehow relates with this discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As X points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but X suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but X as NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but as NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson link text points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson link textNJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. I suggest to use of gesture here, I think that gesture (with hints like arrows or edge colors) as swipe up/down or push up/down of app cover might be used as a way to start new instance and/or switch to apps internal multitasking view as NJesperson suggests in this thread. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent. consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. I suggest to use of gesture here, I think that gesture (with hints like arrows or edge colors) as swipe up/down or push up/down of app cover might be used as a way to start new instance and/or switch to apps internal multitasking view as NJesperson suggests in this thread. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher wiith with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. Jolla has already announced overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent eay way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using jolla Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, ucluttered, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. There are rumors that Jolla has already announced may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT. EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT. EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT. EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher. switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther grid. The cover actions is used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app swicther app/task switcher grid. The cover actions is should be used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app/task switcher grid. The cover actions should be used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app/task switcher grid. The cover actions should be used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app/task switcher grid. The cover actions should be used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

EDIT 4: Nothing has emerged so far (1st of February '15) considering multitasking. I am pointing my hopes of improvement with multitasking to Sailfish OS 2.0 release which should see daylight with Jolla Tablet. I hope that SOS 2.0 (Tablet) has not only split screen multitasking but also overall improvements, like to allow opemn open multiple instances of any app if preferred as this feature tequest request states.

I think that one important (unfortunately still missing) part of smooth multitasking experience is ability to open multiple instances of app or document (document viewer app) at same time to be able to easily navigate between them by using Jolla task switcher.

This should be possible especially with system basic apps like file manager, text/document editors/viewers, messaging (write/read multiple messages on same time), terminal (ssh-sessions), browser (it has built-in tab type of multitasking, but still I miss N9-esque way) etc. More or less all apps which contain information that you sometimes need to compare, manipulate and combine, and do copy/paste between, should enable this feature.

I think that good multitasking implementation need also support of smooth task switching between same application not only between different applications as it is currently implemented on Jolla.

My regulary appearing pain points with lacking multiple app instance support are:

1. I need to compare information of two or more documents. It would be nice to be able to open multiple instances of document viewer to easily check things on page X of one document, open second document as new task, goto page Y, check things there and just swipe away and switch back to original document which is open as separate task to be switched on and vice versa.

2. I would like to open multiple terminal sessions as multiple instances to be able to switch between them easily using native gesture based task switcher.

3. Write new messages by combining information of several other messages and/or documents. I need to be able to move easy and fast way between messages without losing edited version. This is now far better handled after Tahkalampi update ( auto draft feature) , but still N9 with multiple open messsage tasks beats Jolla in this front as https://together.jolla.com/users/2113/abyzthomas/ points out.

EDIT 1: It is possible to open multiple instances of Terminal app (It's not most obvious way because it is embedded in-app menu, but still), so that point is answered by Whippler.

EDIT 2: The multi-instance support could be implemented easily, uncluttered, obvious and native Jolla-ish way by utilizing cover actions. That way it's easy to find out which apps support multiple instances and it clearly lefts decision to developer to support or not that feature. I wonder if it is already possible to start support to multiple instances if developer wants like Terminal app do as Whippler has been point out.

There is maybe just need to put design guideline in place for developers to implement the feature whenever that makes sense for normal app usage patterns.

A good example of the possible implementation is Browser "+" cover action which could open new instance of browser instead of new tab. Likewise, I think that Terminal app should implement something like "+" cover action in addition of in-app toggle to fire up new instance. That would be more Jolla-way implementation making user experience more consistent.

There are also thread https://together.jolla.com/question/16455/edge-gesture-app-swap/ that somehow relates with this multiple instance request discussing method and gestures to switch directly from app to app.

EDIT 3: As NJesperson points out, the current app switcher with only last 9 apps visible will be easily overflow badly if the support of multiple instances is widely supported. This is already starting to happen as Android apps multitasking view err... launch history is presented on app switcher after update 8. List of recently launched Android apps are prone to fast overflow 9 app grid.

There are rumors that Jolla may be preparing overhaul of app switcher in future releases. We do not know the solution that they are planning, but NJesperson suggests that multi-instance or in-app multitasking might be implemented grouping multiple instances under single cover in the app/task switcher grid. The cover actions should be used to handle in-app multitasking in consistent way shared all apps.

EDIT 4: Nothing has emerged so far (1st of February '15) (pre-release update 10 a.k.a 1.1.2.15) considering multitasking. I am pointing my hopes of improvement with multitasking to Sailfish OS 2.0 release which should see daylight with Jolla Tablet. I hope that SOS 2.0 (Tablet) has not only split screen multitasking but also overall improvements, like to allow open multiple instances of any app if preferred as this feature request states.