PSA: Fullscreen Chrome is amazing

[tokie]

On my Macbook Pro it really makes browsing the web a much better experience. I remember using fullscreen IE back in like 2000 and it was annoying because you had to exit full screen mode to change applications. On my Mac, I just use Expose and full-screen mode stays active for Chrome, you don't need to reactivate it.

So for my PSA, if you have a laptop or screen with limited vertical pixels (like a 16:9 @ 720p or 16:10 screen), fullscreen Chrome works wonders.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Good to know that Chrome is just like Opera and Firefox in that respect.

 

[Greenman]

In other news, a mouse with two buttons has been developed.

 

[thescreensavers]

I tried using Chrome for 3 days, since I got fed up with FF, and man I went back to FF. I dont like chrome.. the way it renders pages its weird and it acts funny.

F11 is ftw though.

 

[roguerower]

Wow, I wish there was a way that I could do this on my Netbook with XP or my desktop with W7. Oh wait, it's F11 and Alt+Tab. Damn that was hard.

I wonder why MS doesn't come out with a PSA saying that full-size applications have been available since Win95?

 

[kyrax12]

On my Macbook Pro I tend to use Safari because it has the reader feature.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Chrome is another wonderful creation by the Most Wise and Benevolent Google.

 

[gorcorps]

Wow, I wish there was a way that I could do this on my Netbook with XP or my desktop with W7. Oh wait, it's F11 and Alt+Tab. Damn that was hard.

I wonder why MS doesn't come out with a PSA saying that full-size applications have been available since Win95?

or win+tab for a little slicker looking switch (can't remember what it's called, but it started in vista)

I also installed "switcher" for windows, which adds the expose style tiling to whatever shortcut you want. How about that huh? When you use an OS that people actually make stuff for you can always find a program to do what you want... and yet still play games.

 

[CycloWizard]

If you want more vertical pixels, move your taskbar to the side of your screen so it's vertical. I started doing this a couple years ago when I got a new laptop and never looked back.

 

[rcpratt]

Wow, welcome to the internet.

 

[tokie]

On my Macbook Pro I tend to use Safari because it has the reader feature.

Use the iReader extension for Chrome (also available for Firefox). It is the exact same thing with the exact same code. More customizable too...

 

[tokie]

If you want more vertical pixels, move your taskbar to the side of your screen so it's vertical. I started doing this a couple years ago when I got a new laptop and never looked back.

OS X doesn't have taskbar. I already have the Dock on auto-hide, but what takes up my precious pixels are the Chrome address bar, the tab bar, and the File/Apple menus.

 

[gorcorps]

If you want more vertical pixels, move your taskbar to the side of your screen so it's vertical. I started doing this a couple years ago when I got a new laptop and never looked back.

I should try this out. I've had my taskbar at the top of the page for god knows how long. I started using object dock so it just seemed right to move the taskbar up top. Makes sense to have it on the side though.

 

[JujuFish]

If you want more vertical pixels, move your taskbar to the side of your screen so it's vertical. I started doing this a couple years ago when I got a new laptop and never looked back.

I have a couple of friends who do this. I can't stand it for myself but I understand the reasoning and benefits.

 

[Sloper]

Okay, I have to say I never tried this before. It's very nice. Thanks.

 

[XZeroII]

You have a macbook?

 

[BassBomb]

i never use maximized or even fullscreen

 

[boomhower]

I switch back and forth between FF and Chrome. I'll use one until I get irritated with it and switch to the other for a while. The send to phone in Chrome is making me stick with it more.

 

[Malak]

In other news, a mouse with two buttons has been developed.

This made me LOL:awe:

 

[Demo24]

I switch back and forth between FF and Chrome. I'll use one until I get irritated with it and switch to the other for a while. The send to phone in Chrome is making me stick with it more.

There's a FF addon that does the same thing and works just as well.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

In other news, a mouse with two buttons has been developed.

What ? People don't need two mouse buttons. More of microsofts propaganda

 

[Greenman]

What ? People don't need two mouse buttons. More of microsofts propaganda

But it defines the one thing you can do on a PC that you can't do on a Mac, right click.

 

[Anubis]

i never use maximized or even fullscreen

i used to use maximized when i had a smaller 4:3 computer monitor, but ever since going to a 16:10 one Max/full is pretty pointless,

 

[lxskllr]

I use fullscreen on almost all my apps. It bothers me seeing desktop next to an open window.

 

[Gurgitate]

Multiple windows >