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The first thing in the macOS guide covers how apps should behave in fullscreen mode. Most people I know only use fullscreen mode accidentally; family has had pr
by bla2 9y ago
The first thing in the macOS guide covers how apps should behave in fullscreen mode. Most people I know only use fullscreen mode accidentally; family has had problems figuring out how to get out of fullscreen mode after accidentally entering it.
- philwelch 9y agoYou know, you just can't win sometimes. Before Mac OS X introduced full-screen mode, people complained that the "maximize button" didn't seem to work correctly. If you actually follow that link, the first part of how apps should behave in full screen mode is: --- Enable full-screen windows only when it makes sense. Full-screen mode is useful when a user wants to be immersed in a task. Not all apps require this level of immersion, however. For example, some utility apps like Calculator work better with smaller windows that reside onscreen alongside other apps. When porting an iOS app to macOS, don’t assume the app should support full-screen mode in macOS.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoOS X's fullscreen mode baffles me. A few versions ago it switch from just, y'know, fullscreening the app, to forcing fullscreened apps onto a completely different, dedicated desktop for no discernable reason, breaking Cmd-Tab and making it impossible to float another window over the fullscreened one (e.g. if I want to take notes on its content, but without extraneous GUI chrome). Does anyone know what use case the forced desktop switch is supposed to improve? (And the maximize button still doesn't work correctly, because maximize is not the same thing as fullscreen.)
- chrisoverzero 9y agoThe fullscreen button works correctly, because fullscreen is not the same thing as maximize.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI'm not sure what your point is. Forcing a window to a dedicated desktop is neither fullscreen nor maximize.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoTo clarify, I literally don't understand what point chrisoverzero was trying to make. Could someone please explain instead of downvoting?
- ChristianGeek 9y agoI highly recommend Moom: https://manytricks.com/moom/ https://manytricks.com/moom/
- gumby 9y agoI love fullscreen mode (am using it right now) but I agree, if my mum went into fullscreen mode she'd be confused.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoI use fullscreen mode for all my apps. Maybe it's because I started using Macs after multiple desktops and fullscreen mode were introduced, so it's just the way I've figured my workflow. It gives me more screen real estate, and removes icons and menus that I don't need.
- amiga-workbench 9y agoI was baffled to find that window snapping only works in fullscreen mode, better touch tool won't be leaving my computer for quite some time...