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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with David wholeheartedly. OSX maximize blows. It behaves
unexpectedly and is horribly dysfunctional. OSX even implemented fullscreen
mode as a sort of concession.
On Sep 23, 2012 2:30 PM, "David Gomes" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I completely disagree. First of all, this is one of the most hated design
> decisions of OS X.
>
> Secondly, we want users to have a welcoming experience from other distros
> and operating systems (namely Windows 95+)
>
> Now, another argument which has been presented by shnatsel is that not all
> windows have fixed width/height, some of them are dynamic and the width
> they need when you maximize a window might not be the same some time later.
>
> It could be an option, but I hope never the default behavior.
>
> Regards,
> David "Munchor" Gomes
>
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Tahseen Jamal <tahseen.jamal@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Team elementaryOS,
>>
>> I have a request. Differentiate your maximize from other distros. I think
>> when I click on Maximize, I don't expect the window to cover the whole
>> desktop. What I expect it to do is just have enough expansion to remove
>> horizontal scroll bar and the height would also proportionately increase.
>> Thus not unnecessarily covering the whole desktop
>>
>> You would observe the same thing in Mac OSX also.
>>
>> There is no point maximizing the window completely. Just should be enough
>> to have no horizontal scroll bar
>>
>>
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