Have you used a Windows Phone lately? I have, and the Windows Phone 8.1 software update has made the experience so much better.

Between Cortana, new Live Folders in the latest release and the improved keyboard, to name a few features, I find Windows Phone is actually enjoyable to use. But there’s still an annoyance when it comes to apps. No, it’s not that some of the apps I’d like to use are missing — the [company]Google[/company] ones in particular — it’s the time-wasting refresh screen when switching between many apps.

Wait, didn’t [company]Microsoft[/company] add a feature called “fast resume” or Fast App Switching (FAS) to rid us of those pesky little dots traveling from side to side under the “Resuming” message? Yes, Microsoft did. The issue appears to be that developers haven’t yet enabled it.

Steve Litchfield, one of the most knowledgable Windows Phone enthusiasts I know, performed a…