If you never have to move a window out of the way in the course of what you're doing, then for you it's indeed not so great. But I think it's pretty common to d

If you never have to move a window out of the way in the course of what you're doing, then for you it's indeed not so great. But I think it's pretty common to do this. Also, I've worked on projects where Visual Studio or Eclipse took up the entirety of one screen, and the application in running form took up the entirety of another.