How do I maximize?

Archeious · Mar 12, 2007

I made the switch a couple days ago. So far it hs been alright. Nothing has jumped out as "OMG th4t is phat" and nothing has been a disappointment except one little annoyance.

How do I maximize a window. I want to maximze a window to the full screen. When I click the green button in Safari it maximizes vertically but not horizontal.

KoDorSean · Mar 12, 2007

click and drag the window to the size you want from the bottom right.. next time you maximize the window it should be full screen.

ripfrankwhite · Mar 12, 2007

Drag the bottom right corner to resize the window. The green button is a zoom button. You'll get used to it. Why do you need to "maximize" the window anyway?

Archeious · Mar 12, 2007

ripfrankwhite said:
Drag the bottom right corner to resize the window. The green button is a zoom button. You'll get used to it. Why do you need to "maximize" the window anyway?

Personal perference. I like to have the task I am working on to have the absolute most screen area. The second monitor has all the gadgets/IM clients/etc.

surfwax95 · Mar 12, 2007

Welcome to the forums, Archeious!

This topic has been covered multiple times due to the switcher population here at M-F.

Check it out:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54932&highlight=maximize

eric · Mar 13, 2007

covered in the switcher f.a.q. too

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49528

Archeious · Mar 13, 2007

So it is not possible to do what I want to do. It isn't a deal breaker, more of a small annoyance. Thanks for the link to the switcher faq it has a lot of excellent information.

Alexis · Mar 13, 2007

I like to have the task I am working on to have the absolute most screen area

That's what every PC user tries to do! OS X is specifically designed to have windows floating about and be less rigid. You'll get used to it - it is more efficient.

Having a webpage filling a 20" widescreen for example, when websites are designed for 800x600 monitors, means a lot of white space and moving your head around the screen as if watching tennis!

Another example is that if I've got Safari open, I can see Entourage behind my window and Quark behind that. Instead of moving my mouse to the bottom of the screen on some taskbar, I can just click anywhere around the Entourage window I can see and immediately jump to it. Or I can use expose to open up all sorts of windows.

Archeious · Mar 13, 2007

Alexis said:
That's what every PC user tries to do! OS X is specifically designed to have windows floating about and be less rigid. You'll get used to it - it is more efficient.

Having a webpage filling a 20" widescreen for example, when websites are designed for 800x600 monitors, means a lot of white space and moving your head around the screen as if watching tennis!

Another example is that if I've got Safari open, I can see Entourage behind my window and Quark behind that. Instead of moving my mouse to the bottom of the screen on some taskbar, I can just click anywhere around the Entourage window I can see and immediately jump to it. Or I can use expose to open up all sorts of windows.

If a web site is fluid it will expand to the users screen/window size. I do alot of reading on the web and would prefer to have as much on the screen as possible. The more that can fit width wise is less I have to scroll up and down.