Originally Posted by
diegonei Right. Because the random moving active frames were a lot easier to manage...
Get used to it, you may not like it now, but it makes a lot more sense to have them behave as they do in 10.3/10.3.1.
Obviously I didn't clearly enough state the the problem.
At no time, in any version of BB10, has the active frame arrangement been random. Prior to 10.3, the most recently used app's Active frame was located at the upper left of a 2x4 matrix of frames. All older frames would logically and programmatically be pushed down the stack as a new application was opened.
In 10.3, the first four apps, regardless of how often you've used them - in fact, even if you've NEVER used them, and they're ghost frames - hog the four upper or primary active frame spots. As you continue to open new apps, only the last four spots continuously churn, meaning that commonly used apps get dropped off regularly if you use many apps.
As a consequence, one must continuously manually manage the open apps.
This is a half baked, illogical design. There's no possible reason for unused and unpinned apps to squat on the "priority" active frame locations.
Furthermore, the Passport's "half-frame" design for the 4 most recently used (MRU), but subordinate, frames, is silly. It's hard to identify the apps at a quick glance, and they only provide HALF as much information. You may rely on an app's active frame for updates, and you'll get it - as long as it's in the upper four positions. Once it drops into the subordinate position, the information it provides CHANGES automatically. Again, I believe this is a poor design decision, and goes against good UI design principles.