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The stylistic choice there may be informed by macOS' window manager defaulting the window size to "just big enough to fit the content". It's only really since
by zapzupnz 6y ago
The stylistic choice there may be informed by macOS' window manager defaulting the window size to "just big enough to fit the content".
It's only really since full-screen windows came to play that the issue with Daring Fireball really become obvious; prior to that, macOS users rarely made their windows fill the screen in the same way that Windows users are prone to do.
- charrondev 6y ago> that Windows users are prone to do. Or how iOS users tend to do.
- zapzupnz 6y agoIndeed. I was thinking about iPads, but I didn't mention it because the design predates iOS — but yes, it's absolutely true. And he hasn't optimised the design for iPhone-sized devices much but I think that's deliberate.