Auto Maximising A Window in Leopard
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Soldato
you just have to drag i out to fill the screen. it annoyed me at first but now i kinda prefer it. it should save the setting once you close it so the green button will switch it to the larger size.
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This is the most commonly asked question.. it's a case of drag-to-fit and OS X will remember the size.
Some apps such as Firefox switch to the largest size when you click the green "+", others don't.. it's a case of experimentation
Some apps such as Firefox switch to the largest size when you click the green "+", others don't.. it's a case of experimentation
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Its one of the things that most confused me when I switched from Windows, one would naturally assume that the green button is for maximising - but it's not 
It is supposed to be for zooming, for example it will make a window large enough to display its contents if it is not already big enough. Although like you say some apps do use it to maximise, except iTunes oddly enough which uses it so switch to the mini browser
So in short it, er, varies lol.
It is supposed to be for zooming, for example it will make a window large enough to display its contents if it is not already big enough. Although like you say some apps do use it to maximise, except iTunes oddly enough which uses it so switch to the mini browser
So in short it, er, varies lol.
Soldato
I don't care what anyone else says, the "+" button is odd. I never use it.
Soldato
It is. Its behaviour is inconsistent even in Apple's own apps (e.g. Safari vs. TextEdit vs. iTunes)
I find the way OS X handles windows is so much better suited to multitasking than windows.
In windows I'll have a single window taking up the whole screen whereas in OS X I'll be running 2 or three apps all on the screen, with the web browser that would usually be full screen taking up about 3/5ths of the space with Adium and Colloque sitting next to it.
I wish I could use it all the time.
In windows I'll have a single window taking up the whole screen whereas in OS X I'll be running 2 or three apps all on the screen, with the web browser that would usually be full screen taking up about 3/5ths of the space with Adium and Colloque sitting next to it.
I wish I could use it all the time.
Soldato
The window management is still a league ahead of Windows (ironically), even Vista. I think Expose is quite possibly the best interface feature I've come across. Ever.
So in that sense I cut them some slack with the "+" button.
So in that sense I cut them some slack with the "+" button.
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What the hell does Expose do? Since i've got my mac, i've pressed on it a few times but still cant work out what the hell it does!
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Pretty self explanatory once youve activated it, all the windows you have open are laid out in one screen and you just click the window you want and it puts it in focus. also when you mouseover things in expose it shows the window title.
theres also application specific expose and global expose. application specific expose being useful where you have lots of windows open in the same app, eg, lots of photos in photoshop , and you want to choose between them.
hopefully that made sense
Soldato
i love expose. probably one of my favorite features on my macbook
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Wouldn't have thought so, its function is set by the application itself. I suppose it would be possible to knock up some applescript to maximise the active window of an application but I don't know enough to say how it would be done.
Moves windows to the edge so you can select one.
On another note; your signature is far too big.
Yeah, loads of people have the same type of sig and it seems it has gone **** up.