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The reality is that they had the green maximize buttons originally (although the exact functionality has changed a bit), then tacked on the full screen experien
by D13Fd 3y ago
The reality is that they had the green maximize buttons originally (although the exact functionality has changed a bit), then tacked on the full screen experience later. It’s not the result of some unified vision, although in practice is works fine IMO.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoThe green button was originally “zoom” which, to Apple, meant “adjust this window to its content, or revert to the previous size.” Some apps implemented zoom as maximize, but that was not The Apple Way®. Their full-screen-window-gets-its-own-desktop-space was added later.