Another rookie question?

vince0501 · Oct 18, 2007

Maybe two, but they are related. On windows, I was used to being able to resize windows. It does not seem that there is that option in the Mac OS.
When I first installed Firefox, the browser opened but only filled most not all of the 20" display. It left probably about 2 inches of the right side of the screen showing desktop. Without changing anything (that I know of), it now fills the screen. The text, however is a bit fuzzy. I did find the display video preference settings, and played with those. Still left a full screen and not clear text. By the way on the other user accounts it still opens not full screen.
My main questions are what is the best resolution to set as default for display, and is there a way with any programs to change the size of display they cover?

MACyMouse · Oct 18, 2007

I don't know much about your display settings but to resize your browser window or most any window.... click and drag the lower right corner of the window and basically "stretch" to any size you want..

When you close the window ("x" out) it should reopen at the same size you closed it at

MikeM · Oct 19, 2007

This is one of the things that took a little getting used to for me. The + button isn't a maximise button like in windows. It's meant to make the window as large as needed to eliminate the scroll bars. Dosen't always work the best for me but I've come to understand the reason. Even though it's called "windows", I think we just got used to having our focus on one window at a time. Mac OS developers I think try and keep the "Windows" Concept alive with not giving us a way to fill the screen with just one app at a time.

Just One Man's Opinion.

MikeM

MACGIRL34 · Oct 19, 2007

vince0501 said:
Maybe two, but they are related. On windows, I was used to being able to resize windows. It does not seem that there is that option in the Mac OS.
When I first installed Firefox, the browser opened but only filled most not all of the 20" display. It left probably about 2 inches of the right side of the screen showing desktop. Without changing anything (that I know of), it now fills the screen. The text, however is a bit fuzzy. I did find the display video preference settings, and played with those. Still left a full screen and not clear text. By the way on the other user accounts it still opens not full screen.
My main questions are what is the best resolution to set as default for display, and is there a way with any programs to change the size of display they cover?

Had the same problem myself...First if your dock is set to not hide than the browser does not seem to go all the way down, so I hide my dock, but I use the large dock config so that I can acess it easily...second go to the right lower corner of the browser window where you see the lines and drag it to fit your screen....It will cover your entire screen...

kfordham281 · Oct 19, 2007

vince0501 said:
My main questions are what is the best resolution to set as default for display, and is there a way with any programs to change the size of display they cover?

Go into system preferences and choose display. You'll be able to set the resolution there. Go with the highest resolution you can comfortably use.

vince0501 · Oct 19, 2007

thanks for all the feedback. I knew there had to be a way to change the window size. It was staring me in the face all the time.

jmeeter · Oct 20, 2007

Am I the only person that prefers to not have my Web browser full-size? I love having Firefox at 1024x768 then having several iChat windows open next to it.