The UX heavily emphasizes the use of edge-based menus for occasionally used functionalities. Only the most often used controls of an application are provided on screen at all times, while the rest are tucked away into menus. There are four distinct kind of menus, each opened by swiping from a different screen edge towards center of screen:
1) System menu: Opens from top edge; Contains system-wide functionalities such as power off, sleep, and network connectivity. Can be activated at any time (except when a system-wide modal dialog is on screen).
2) Task switcher: Opens from right edge; Has thumbnails for all running applications as well as for the home screen. Can be activated at any time (except when a system-wide modal dialog is on screen).
3) Application toolbar: Opens from left edge; Contains application-specific toolbar icons that are relevant to whatever content the application is currently displaying. In other words, "quite an ordinary application toolbar". May also in some applications contain additional UI elements, such as in the subsequent example image the browser location bar and such controls.
4) Context menu: Opens from bottom edge; provides thumbnails to switch between different contexts within the same application. For example, web browser allows switching between tabs by using context menu. Also e.g. media player allows switching between music browsing, video file browsing, as well as internet radio station catalog by having those available as different contexts.
(The screenshots above are early mock-up graphics that were drawn to explain the design to the development team; the actual UX has a more polished theme to it.)
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