Scrolling Main Menu Without Exiting Current Application

The problem I'm facing is that i cannot scroll the main menu without exiting any current application. For instance if I'm logged on to Skype i cannot do anything else till i don't exit out of it. In that case i've get signed out of it. So is the case with many other applications.. If any solution please let me know. Thanks

This is how the iPhone works. Only one app can be open at a time. You cannot leave one to go to another without closing it.

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