Designing for Different Window Sizes

Windows 8.1 supports running up to four apps side-by-side on the same monitor. For example, you can have your mail app open next to your music app next to your calendar app next to your solitaire app. You can even go completely crazy and attach multiple monitors to your computer and each monitor can display multiple side-by-side apps.

Note

The number of apps that you can display side by side on a single monitor depends on your screen resolution. For example, you can’t display more than two apps side by side on a 1,024 pixel by 768 pixel monitor.

You can resize a running app at any time. For example, you can stretch out the width of your mail app while you are reading your emails and then shrink your mail ...

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