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It's funny... all of the windows on my desktop are fullscreen or halfscreen. The only floating windows are transient dialogs.
by thanatos519 2y ago
It's funny... all of the windows on my desktop are fullscreen or halfscreen. The only floating windows are transient dialogs.
- hulitu 2y agoFor me also. But 3 days a year i need 2 programs side by side.
- smokel 2y agoI tend to have another level of nested windows inside applications, also mostly full- or half-screen. It's at that level that sometimes other shapes become interesting, for example for a time slider (long and horizontal), or a list of files (narrow and vertical). If only the world had evolved into one where operating systems could interact with applications in a way that would allow persistence of window layouts, scripting of user interface elements, and allowing a user to modify application layouts to their own preferences.
- thestephen 2y agoEmacs in its final form? Sadly, for those of us not versed in Elisp, such power remains a pipe dream.
- userbinator 2y agoHow big is/are your monitor(s?)? I only maximise windows frequently when I work on a single small monitor (and sometimes I'll use window transparency to be able to see multiple windows simultaneously.) With 2 or 3 large monitors, there's rarely any need to have windows maximised.