Snapping an App
One way that you can take advantage of the hidden “windowness” of Windows 8 apps is to show two Windows 8 apps onscreen at the same time. So, for example, you could display your Finance app stock watchlist while simultaneously surfing the Web, or watch what your Facebook friends are up to while also shopping in the Windows Store.
You do this by snapping the current Windows 8 app to the left or right side of the screen. This means that the app shrinks down to about a quarter of its normal width and parks itself on the left or right side of the screen, and then the next app takes up the rest of the screen. Figure 4.10 shows the Finance app snapped to the left side of the screen, while the Internet Explorer app covers the rest.
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