Desktop application manager: card dragging of dual screen cards

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprises a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, causes the processor to:

• present, on a display of the mobile device, a user interface in a portrait mode based on a first physical orientation of the mobile device and in a landscape mode based on a second physical orientation of the mobile device;
• present, in the user interface, an application tray, wherein the application tray is provided in a first display area of the display or a second display area of the display in the landscape mode and in both the first display area and the second display area in the portrait mode, wherein the application tray provides a visual representation of a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of at least two windows for open applications being executed by a processor of the mobile device, wherein the window stack includes an order for the at least two windows based on when a window was displayed in relation to the other of the at least two windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack;
• detect a selection of and a dragging motion for a selected card of one or more cards in the application tray, each card of the one or more cards representing an application in the window stack that is executing on the mobile device, wherein the application represented by the selected card is executing on the mobile device but is suspended;
• detect a dropping motion for the selected card in a drop zone of either the first display area or the second display area;
• activate the application represented by the selected card;
• and
• after activating the application, display the application in the drop zone on the display of the mobile device.

A mobile device comprising:

• a display;
• a processor coupled with the display;
• and
• a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• present, on the display, a user interface in a portrait mode based on a first physical orientation of the mobile device and in a landscape mode based on a second physical orientation of the mobile device,
• present, in the user interface, an application tray, wherein the application tray is provided in a first display area of the display or a second display area of the display in the landscape mode and in both the first display area and the second display area in the portrait mode, wherein the application tray provides a visual representation of a window stack, wherein the window stack is a logical arrangement of at least two windows for open applications being executed by a processor of the mobile device, wherein the window stack includes an order for the at least two windows based on when a window was displayed in relation to the other of the at least two windows, and wherein the application tray provides the visual representation also having the order associated with the window stack,
• detect a selection of and a dragging motion for a selected card of one or more cards in the application tray, each card of the one or more cards representing an application in the window stack that is executing on the mobile device, wherein the application represented by the selected card is executing on the mobile device but is suspended,
• detect a dropping motion for the selected card in a drop zone of either the first display area or the second display area,
• activate the application represented by the selected card, and
• after activating the application, display the application in the drop zone on the display of the mobile device.