22 PCWorld MARCH 2020NEWS MICROSOFT’S WINDOWS 10X
Spanning content within Windows 10X doesn’t look that hot......but it makes a bit more sense like this.minuses to this approach.
Spanning a webpage across
both screens—with a gap in the
middle—looks a bit awkward
when the gap splits a page
vertically. But Microsoft’s right in
suggesting that if we’re reading
email on one pane, we might
want to open a Calendar app in
a second pane.
According to Kevin Gallo,
corporate vice president of the
Windows Developer Platform,
apps will open in a single
display by default. Searching for a
restaurant in Edge, for example, will open
the browser in one pane. Tapping a map of
the area will open the Maps app in a
second pane, while leaving the first open.
This makes sense.WINDOWS 10X IS READ-
ONLY
The core Windows 10X operating system is
designed in a locked-down mode, so that
only trusted apps are able to run in the
operating system. You’ve heard this before—
that’s the same model for
Windows 10 S. (But wait! Legacy
Win32 apps are supported, and
we’ll explain how in a bit.)
What’s different is that Windows
10X also runs signed code and
apps with a “good reputation,”
including those published in the
MSIX container, widening the
available apps beyond just the
traditional UWP apps, such as
Mail and Calendar.
That doesn’t mean that apps
will have to be downloaded