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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The best way to present visual content is to use the entire screen for it.
> Imagine you would like to look at a single item, wouldn't the best way to
> look at it be to blank out every other information on the screen in favour
> of visual focus onto this one item?
>
> Fullscreen does exactly that.
>
> Gnome Terminal knows Fullscreen mode (F11), Open Office Writer knows F11,
> Gedit knows F11, Epiphany has rudimentary support, Firefox, , what have
> you..
>
> Examples for apps that do not comply with this unspoken rule are:
> Nautilus
> Evolution
> Transmission
> Contact List
>
> Fortunately, Compiz has "window rules" which can allow for toggling of
> fullscreen mode for any app.
> Unfortunately, this feature is buggy, as gnome-panel will sometimes cover a
> fullscreen app, instead of disappearing behind it or autohiding.
>
> UNR used Maximus by default already in order to utilize the display screen
> real estate better..
>
> how would you like a consistent DE with F11 to send any window that is not
> a yes/no dialog into fullscreen?
>
> Yes for consistency, but I'm not sure how needed this is. I for one would
never have a need to have transmission or nautilus fullscreen, or the
contact list. These would all be better off with a fixed width and getting
maximized vertically.

But that is a different discussion. :P

Consistency would be good. I can't think of any reason why not to use F11 as
a system wide fullscreen key, other then many laptops currently shipping use
F11's default behavior as pause/play media keys, with F11 hidden behind fn.




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