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charles1 - Jul 8, 2005 - 11:15 pm
Is there an easy way of quickly maximizing a window to use the whole page? Have you ever read a magazine article by opening it 1/4 open? Or just pealed a corner at a time of a newspaper article instead of opening the whole page? Same thing. What drugs the OS X designers were on I have no idea but it sure doesn't make sense when something is more than a page long and wide that doesn't open to a full page size. Suggestions?
snipper - Jul 9, 2005 - 4:13 pm
Hello Charles,
Clicking the green button on the top left of a window resizes it to fit the content. Is one click easy enough?
Clicking the green button on the top left of a window resizes it to fit the content. Is one click easy enough?
charles1 - Jul 10, 2005 - 9:47 am
Fitting the content is useless if the content size is going to change. As soon as I want to look at something else I'm dragging the bottom right had corner of the screen around. I would love to have one keyboard shortcut to fit that window full screen. Like opening a magazine fully instead of peaking at 1/8 of the page at a time. Why does Apple have such an aversion to keyboard shortcuts - especially with a 1 button mouse?! Its totally ludicrous. I use a programmable 5 button mouse and wish it had way more programmable buttons! Mac hardware is supposed to be good for creativity - wow could they ever improve on the fluidity of mouse and keyboard commands.
snipper - Jul 10, 2005 - 12:36 pm
Hello again Charles,
No, there is no shortcut for 'resize window to full screen', like there is on Windows. Usually you are not alone in something like this and someone writes a little application to provide in such a need.
If you can't find something like that via Google or on sites like download.com or tucows.com you can always try to persuade someone to write it for you - or even write it yourselves. If there's a great need for it, maybe you can even earn a buck or two!
About the keyboard shortcuts: Just look in the pull down menu to see the keyboard shortcut for an action. Almost any action has a shortcut, can't say Apple has an aversion to them.
As far as mouse buttons concerns, I use a Wacom tablet with a 3 button mouse. The middle button doubles as a scroll wheel. The tablet has programmable spots and the mouse buttons are programmable as well. If you like a mouse with more buttons, just buy one.
No, there is no shortcut for 'resize window to full screen', like there is on Windows. Usually you are not alone in something like this and someone writes a little application to provide in such a need.
If you can't find something like that via Google or on sites like download.com or tucows.com you can always try to persuade someone to write it for you - or even write it yourselves. If there's a great need for it, maybe you can even earn a buck or two!
About the keyboard shortcuts: Just look in the pull down menu to see the keyboard shortcut for an action. Almost any action has a shortcut, can't say Apple has an aversion to them.
As far as mouse buttons concerns, I use a Wacom tablet with a 3 button mouse. The middle button doubles as a scroll wheel. The tablet has programmable spots and the mouse buttons are programmable as well. If you like a mouse with more buttons, just buy one.
charles1 - Jul 10, 2005 - 12:50 pm
How difficult is it to write little programs like that? Do I need to learn basic Unix before attempting? And do you think someone that writes a shareware program that gets downloaded a lot can make significant money? I wonder when I go to Download.com and see that 20,000 people have downloaded a program the creator is asking say $10 for as shareware - I wonder how many people fork over the $10 out of 20,000 that downloaded it. As for buying a mouse - I did! 5 button MS Trackball Explorer. It works great.
snipper - Jul 10, 2005 - 1:38 pm
Hello Charles,
Try to keep things in perspective.. No one forces you to use Mac OS X. It's a free country
If you think another OS is more suitable for your needs, go ahead!
I'll tell you in all honesty; There are little things I miss in OS X too. For example, I like to view my directories in 'list view'. The default view is OS X is in column view or in icon view. If you want to see your directories in list view, you have to press command-2 for every folder. I think that is not practical, but not enough to switch to another system.
All I can say is.. I wish the way a window is resize-able - with or without shortcut - was the biggest problem one could have with an OS.
Try to keep things in perspective.. No one forces you to use Mac OS X. It's a free country
If you think another OS is more suitable for your needs, go ahead!I'll tell you in all honesty; There are little things I miss in OS X too. For example, I like to view my directories in 'list view'. The default view is OS X is in column view or in icon view. If you want to see your directories in list view, you have to press command-2 for every folder. I think that is not practical, but not enough to switch to another system.
All I can say is.. I wish the way a window is resize-able - with or without shortcut - was the biggest problem one could have with an OS.
charles1 - Jul 11, 2005 - 8:56 am
So do I need to learn basic Unix write little programs?
snipper - Jul 11, 2005 - 9:24 am
I don't think you'll get there with some basic UNIX. Accept the way it is or take the effort to learn how to change it.
charles1 - Jul 11, 2005 - 12:01 pm
Doesn't "change it" imply writing a program? Or can I get into the code and change what needs to be done to get what I want? If so, is basic Unix knowledge necessary? I remember changing some text based settings in Opera which was relatively easy. Would this be similiar?
snipper - Jul 11, 2005 - 12:45 pm
No, you'd really have to dig in pretty deep and invest at least months of your time before you could do something like this.
On the other side, then you'd be able to do a lot more then just adding a resizing shortcut to the Finder. And take it from me, you CAN make a lot of money programming for companies.
On the other side, then you'd be able to do a lot more then just adding a resizing shortcut to the Finder. And take it from me, you CAN make a lot of money programming for companies.
charles1 - Jul 11, 2005 - 2:20 pm
regarding the money part.......
Do you think that someone who devises a good useful program and has thousands of shareware downloads can make significant money? I wonder what the % rate of downloads from places like download.com is verses people who actually cough up some money and pay. I guess your program has to be very, very unique.
Do you think that someone who devises a good useful program and has thousands of shareware downloads can make significant money? I wonder what the % rate of downloads from places like download.com is verses people who actually cough up some money and pay. I guess your program has to be very, very unique.
snipper - Jul 11, 2005 - 4:26 pm
I think, no, I KNOW you can make good money programming, but like I said, this is easier while working for a company as a programmer. Even better: start your own one-person company and have them hire you.
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