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July 14, 2005

Where's the maximize button?

On Windows every window got the minimize, maximize, close button at its right top. Mac OS X got the same thing, except it is at the left top, and at the reverse order. Nope, it’s not that hard to use to that, since I couldn’t quite stand with the one button Touchpad, I’ve gone to buy a cute mini RF opticial mouse to use. And it isn’t that far to change your habit to move from the right top to the left top, after all it’s just a 12 inches TFT screen.

Yeah..12 inches TFT LCD screen. I’d bet you could imagine how competitive the screen space is. Good, so I should focus on one application window and stay along with my work. The dock should be auto-hide so then I could enjoy 15cm more height :)…but then! It just ain’t let go and let me maximize the window! Mac OS X window has the X - + little button, from left to right sticking at the left top corner. But the “+”, which I thought it would be the same maximize button as Windows is, it would just try to get the window bigger enough for users’ viewing pleasure. Well, that’s very considering… Imagine this, in a web browser I am using, on one URL you’ve surfed to, you click the “+” to make the window showing bigger to suit the content. Then after while, surfing to the other web page, the space ain’t enough, the horizontal scrollbar appear at the bottom, so you click the “+” again. And then you switch URL, and then you click “+” again, and again.…so and so, isn’t it annoying?!

Would it please have a pure maximize button?

Disclaimer: I haven’t google anything about it yet.

July 14, 2005 09:58 PM | Mac OS X
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1 Comments/Trackback

This blog entry (http://www.actsofvolition.com/archives/2004/january/themysterious) seem addressing the issue pretty well.

Anyway I have already used to maximize the Windows in my own way, doesn't care about the green orb any more (until it do have a keyboard shortcut solution)

posted 01:16 AM on November 16, 2005 · comment by yowkee · #

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