Application program preview interface and operation method thereof
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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a processor configured to define an application program preview interface displayed on the display unit, wherein the application program preview interface comprises;
a first display area simultaneously displaying thumbnails of desktop layouts of multiple operation modes on the display unit by showing graphic objects, wherein each of the operation modes includes an application program which is opened or executed, and run within the selected mode;
a second display area displaying a selectable object as an application preview, wherein the selectable object is corresponding to the application program included in a selected operation mode;
a third display area displaying a list or a program shortcut icon of all the application programs corresponding to the selected operation mode,wherein when the selectable object is displayed in the second display area, the multiple operation modes are displayed in the first display area, and wherein the first display area and the second display area are simultaneously displayed on the display unit, andwherein the application modes comprise a desktop mode and a modern mode.
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Abstract
An operation method for application program preview interface which is stored in a storage unit and executed in a computer system. The operation method includes the steps of: displaying a plurality of operation modes on a first display area; selecting one of the operation modes in accordance with a first indicating signal; and displaying at least one selectable object on a second display area, wherein the selectable object is an application program opened or executed in the selected operation mode.
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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a display unit; and a processor configured to define an application program preview interface displayed on the display unit, wherein the application program preview interface comprises; a first display area simultaneously displaying thumbnails of desktop layouts of multiple operation modes on the display unit by showing graphic objects, wherein each of the operation modes includes an application program which is opened or executed, and run within the selected mode; a second display area displaying a selectable object as an application preview, wherein the selectable object is corresponding to the application program included in a selected operation mode; a third display area displaying a list or a program shortcut icon of all the application programs corresponding to the selected operation mode, wherein when the selectable object is displayed in the second display area, the multiple operation modes are displayed in the first display area, and wherein the first display area and the second display area are simultaneously displayed on the display unit, and wherein the application modes comprise a desktop mode and a modern mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An operation method of an application program preview Interface, wherein the application program preview interface is stored in a storage unit and executed in a computer system;
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displaying thumbnails of desktop layouts of multiple operation modes in a first display area of the application program preview interface by showing graphic objects, simultaneously; selecting one from the operation modes according to an index signal; and displaying a selectable object as an application preview in a second display area, wherein the selectable object is an application program which is opened or executed at a selected mode, and run within the selected mode; displaying, in a third display area, a list or a program shortcut icon of all the application programs corresponding to the selected operation mode; wherein when the selectable object is displayed in the second display area, the multiple operation modes are displayed in the first display area, and the first display area and the second display area are simultaneously displayed on the display unit, and wherein the operation modes comprise a desktop mode and a modern mode.
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