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Originally Posted by nekokami
I was thinking about the problem overnight, and I think being able to rapidly switch between 2-3 open programs would be very helpful if we can't get multiple windows open at once.
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Maemo+Hildon does on the Nokia 770 and N800. It is also built on top of Matchbox, but uses a different arrangement for full-screen vs partial-screen than the iLiad with the partial screen including space for open (minimized) application icons.
Another possibility is just to implement a hot-key for switching applications. Under most window managers this is Ctrl-Tab (for two recent apps) or Ctrl-Shift-Tab to cycle through all applications. This works well on the Pepper Pad 3, which has the resources to run multiple applications but usually shows only one at a time full screen on its 7" display.
One issue with multiple apps is the likelyhood of using up virtual memory. On the Nokia's it is routine to add more swap space on a MMC card to get round this.