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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
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On Windows, Visual Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator, SQL Management.. On MacBook, almost everything - it's really fluid to switch apps with a simple [three-fingered flick](http://www.laptopmag.com/images/wp/purch-api/incontent/2016/03/full-screen-03-529x400.png) left or right.
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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
All of them. I use alt-tab to switch windows.
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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
IDE is definitely maximized and I try to get rid of as many of the little windows inside it as possible, but then I'm old I started with BRIEF and had it set to 50 line mode. When I'm looking at code I don't need all that extra noise. I've also in the past month moved from a Windows machine to a Mac. The development I'm currently working on is not Windows centric and the group of developers I'm now working with were mostly Silver Box people so I decided one more thing on my learning curve wouldn't be too much and I don't have to worry about the translation of how stuff gets done on Windows verses Mac. That said, I hate the Mac version of alt-tab. If your current application is maximized and you Command-Tab to a different application the new application does not appear. Maybe this is a "I don't understand the Mac well enough yet" thing but it is a pain in the lower extremities. And using a Windows VM inside a Mac will drive you nuts between all the different alt, control, command key combinations.:confused:
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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Videos (sometimes), Cubase. I too prefer to click between windows rather than their taskbar icons, or hitting Alt-Tab or whatever. I also hate having to minimize all the open windows just to find and click on a desktop shortcut icon to start a program, so I hide desktop icons and either start programs from the taskbar or its pop-up list of desktop items, or the Start menu.
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IDE is definitely maximized and I try to get rid of as many of the little windows inside it as possible, but then I'm old I started with BRIEF and had it set to 50 line mode. When I'm looking at code I don't need all that extra noise. I've also in the past month moved from a Windows machine to a Mac. The development I'm currently working on is not Windows centric and the group of developers I'm now working with were mostly Silver Box people so I decided one more thing on my learning curve wouldn't be too much and I don't have to worry about the translation of how stuff gets done on Windows verses Mac. That said, I hate the Mac version of alt-tab. If your current application is maximized and you Command-Tab to a different application the new application does not appear. Maybe this is a "I don't understand the Mac well enough yet" thing but it is a pain in the lower extremities. And using a Windows VM inside a Mac will drive you nuts between all the different alt, control, command key combinations.:confused:
MarkTJohnson wrote:
sing a Windows VM inside a Mac will drive you nuts between all the different alt, control, command key combinations
True. It's one of the reasons I prefer to see the background windows and click on them.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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IDE is definitely maximized and I try to get rid of as many of the little windows inside it as possible, but then I'm old I started with BRIEF and had it set to 50 line mode. When I'm looking at code I don't need all that extra noise. I've also in the past month moved from a Windows machine to a Mac. The development I'm currently working on is not Windows centric and the group of developers I'm now working with were mostly Silver Box people so I decided one more thing on my learning curve wouldn't be too much and I don't have to worry about the translation of how stuff gets done on Windows verses Mac. That said, I hate the Mac version of alt-tab. If your current application is maximized and you Command-Tab to a different application the new application does not appear. Maybe this is a "I don't understand the Mac well enough yet" thing but it is a pain in the lower extremities. And using a Windows VM inside a Mac will drive you nuts between all the different alt, control, command key combinations.:confused:
MarkTJohnson wrote:
And using a Windows VM inside a Mac will drive you nuts between all the different alt, control, command key combinations.:confused:
Had the same sort of problems with my recent adventure with an Ubuntu VM under a Mac because the former mostly used the same shortcuts as my PC. Mostly I suffered the same reasons you did, lost time due to the Mac being a Mac was as least a learning experience. Setting up the dev environment again after the IT guy finally got me a loaner PC would've been pure waste.
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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
what kinds of program do you use full-screen
Almost everything... But I have 3 screens to spread application on... [EDIT] Reading Marco's replace: I mixed full-screen with maximized... Se answer as corrected...
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I concur with this... I tend to maximize on side monitors in full screen mode and have tiled apps in the center monitor when I'm not in full bore developer mode. At the point that I do flip that switch all three become full screen and I strategically place windows in various monitors so as I need to switch beyond the three up on the screens that they are convenient to cross reference or copy from one to the next.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
what kinds of program do you use full-screen
Almost everything... But I have 3 screens to spread application on... [EDIT] Reading Marco's replace: I mixed full-screen with maximized... Se answer as corrected...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
I also have three monitors, and do most things maximized to full screen. On the left, portrait-oriented monitor is web browser, Adobe reader, or Word, whichever I am using at that time. On the right, landscape-orientated monitor is email, calendar, or Excel, again whichever I am using. In the middle, landscape-oriented widescreen is SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio, or Remote Desktop. Other stuff I may need, such as File Explorer or a mainframe screen, I just pop up windows overlaying one of the other screens which is least important at that moment.
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Just idle curiosity, but what kinds of program do you use full-screen? Me, I only ever use full screen for graphics apps, database editors, and video -- where the extra space is needed, IMO. I prefer to be able to click between windows without moving anything or un-hiding the taskbar (which ms has made a lot more difficult, by doing away with window borders and title-bars), and my most-used desktop shortcuts are arranged so that they're usually accessible, even if I have a dozen windows open. I certainly wouldn't go to full screen if it meant creating a lot of blank space.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I *tend* to use everything exception Windows Explorer full screen, often because I have multiple copies of that open to different folders and drag files between. I also don't use console/powershell windows full screen. Oh, and calculator, because why would you. Everything else, VS, Outlook, browsers, games, office apps etc. I use full screen with one on each of 2 or 3 monitors, and task switch between instances/apps via the keyboard. That's probably just me though. I'm usually in the minority.
