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I hate that full screen...

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I hate that full screen...

I hate that full screen windows… I will not use them, ever. The main two reasons: I can not read text that is that wide and it kills my work flow between applications.

Open Thread: Developing for Full Screen Mode? By: Merlin Mann (31 replies) January 23, 2006 - 5:43am
  • Please don't make it the... By: jpb (2006-01-23 07:27)
  • Please don’t make it the... By: Merlin (2006-01-23 07:44)
  • Last summer I tried my... By: Peter (2006-01-23 07:56)
  • As a recent Switcher, my... By: Christopher Peterson (2006-01-23 08:58)
  • I hate that full screen... By: Gideon (2006-01-23 09:00)
  • Did it once for a... By: Fondomatic (2006-01-23 09:29)
  • Hmmm, what's required? You subclass NSWindow... By: Fraser Speirs (2006-01-23 09:41)
  • It's actually quite easy to... By: Zeno (2006-01-23 09:56)
  • Thanks, guys. This is awesome.... By: Merlin (2006-01-23 10:02)
  • If any of you are... By: Peter (2006-01-23 10:31)
  • Oops. That's the binary, not... By: Peter (2006-01-23 10:36)
  • source code here ... By: Peter (2006-01-23 10:43)
  • Apropos text being too wide... By: Dan (2006-01-23 10:55)
  • What about snap-to-edge? It's in... By: eric (2006-01-23 11:10)
  • DeskShade by MacRabbit software is... By: Dan Grover (2006-01-23 11:42)
  • Another all in one example... By: Jonathan Wight (2006-01-23 15:05)
  • The screen width thing is... By: Skud (2006-01-23 15:44)
  • Those interested in a full-screen... By: jmgriff (2006-01-24 01:58)
  • There's an old article on... By: TC! (2006-01-24 04:06)
  • TC! mentions DEVONthink, which I... By: Brian Ogilvie (2006-01-24 04:41)
  • I know 43 folders is... By: Chris (2006-01-24 04:44)
  • This is the Shuffle insight:... By: Solo (2006-01-24 06:50)
  • The new Apple Aperature program... By: Ed (2006-01-24 11:43)
  • I used to think it... By: Eric Jacobsen (2006-01-24 15:43)
  • Eric, the window GUI metaphor... By: Avi Flax (2006-01-24 18:30)
  • Take this with a pinch... By: TC! (2006-01-24 22:43)
  • I suppose if you're really... By: jmgriff (2006-01-25 00:05)
  • actually, i installed ratpoison and... By: david (2006-01-25 03:24)
  • I think that a superior... By: Steven G. Harms (2006-01-25 12:37)
  • "Classic case for recruitment by... By: O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog (2006-01-28 09:35)
  • You ought to try out... By: Kim G (2006-01-30 11:38)
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