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Intentionally? Makes sense. Not like they manufacture dedicated external displays with built in MagSafe adapters.

Udo 13y ago
The way full screen worked was clearly intentional, not a bug, they obviously invested a lot of time into making this objectively less useful. Don't talk to me as if I'm an idiot simply because I won't speculate as to why they did this. I only know they did - and that's not some new thing I just made up, it's common knowledge. Don't be so hostile.
- wisty 13y ago
  > Don't talk to me as if I'm an idiot simply because I won't speculate as to why they did this. I only know they did - and that's not some new thing I just made up, it's common knowledge. Don't be so hostile. Let's assume best faith. siglesias might have just mean "that design choice makes no sense", not "you make no sense". On to speculation - I'd guess they don't want you to use full screen, and only included it as a concession to things like movies / games.
  - Udo 13y ago
    Sorry, you're right, I might have misunderstood him there. As to the speculation, my guess is you're correct there also: they do want to enable people with multiple displays, they just can't imagine why you would want fullscreen like that as well so they make sure you can't. It's probably about dictating "the user experience".
  - comex 13y ago
    > On to speculation - I'd guess they don't want you to use full screen, and only included it as a concession to things like movies / games. On the contrary, the Lion fullscreen mode, which caused the issue, was a relatively large push towards fullscreen, by giving it a standardized and better (if you don't have multiple displays :) UI and integrating it into built-in applications.
  - interpol_p 13y ago
    I believe the fullscreen mode, as implemented in Mountain Lion, was largely intended to be used on Apple laptops with smaller displays. The first time I used the feature on a Macbook Air without an external display I suddenly 'got' it. It made a lot more sense. (That said, at least Mavericks doesn't make it unusable on a multi-display setup.) Edit: Incorrectly thought fullscreen mode was introduced in Lion
    - 0x09 13y ago
      > Edit: Incorrectly thought fullscreen mode was introduced in Lion It was.

Udo 13y ago

The way full screen worked was clearly intentional, not a bug, they obviously invested a lot of time into making this objectively less useful. Don't talk to me as if I'm an idiot simply because I won't speculate as to why they did this. I only know they did - and that's not some new thing I just made up, it's common knowledge. Don't be so hostile.

wisty 13y ago
> Don't talk to me as if I'm an idiot simply because I won't speculate as to why they did this. I only know they did - and that's not some new thing I just made up, it's common knowledge. Don't be so hostile. Let's assume best faith. siglesias might have just mean "that design choice makes no sense", not "you make no sense". On to speculation - I'd guess they don't want you to use full screen, and only included it as a concession to things like movies / games.
- Udo 13y ago
  Sorry, you're right, I might have misunderstood him there. As to the speculation, my guess is you're correct there also: they do want to enable people with multiple displays, they just can't imagine why you would want fullscreen like that as well so they make sure you can't. It's probably about dictating "the user experience".
- comex 13y ago
  > On to speculation - I'd guess they don't want you to use full screen, and only included it as a concession to things like movies / games. On the contrary, the Lion fullscreen mode, which caused the issue, was a relatively large push towards fullscreen, by giving it a standardized and better (if you don't have multiple displays :) UI and integrating it into built-in applications.
- interpol_p 13y ago
  I believe the fullscreen mode, as implemented in Mountain Lion, was largely intended to be used on Apple laptops with smaller displays. The first time I used the feature on a Macbook Air without an external display I suddenly 'got' it. It made a lot more sense. (That said, at least Mavericks doesn't make it unusable on a multi-display setup.) Edit: Incorrectly thought fullscreen mode was introduced in Lion
  - 0x09 13y ago
    > Edit: Incorrectly thought fullscreen mode was introduced in Lion It was.