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[migo]

I tried Lion when it first came out, I liked the full screen API in principle, but there weren't enough apps for it. Now.... it's still rather sparsely used. Opera and Chrome use it, FireFox still doesn't. Is there a list somewhere of all (a lot of?) the apps that make use of the full screen API?

[+Elliott]

Not sure about a comprehensive list already existing, but we could start one! Here are the third party apps I use that support full-screen mode:

• Sparrow
  
• Evernote
  
• Rdio
  
• SublimeText 2
  
• Chocolat
  
• TextMate (with a plugin)
  
• GitHub
  
• Byword
  
• VMware Fusion
  
• Analog
  
• 1Password
  
• Reeder
  
• Pixelmator

I wish the Creative Suite apps supported native full-screen, but it doesn't look like that's coming in CS6.

[migo]

No full screen in CS6? Why are devs so averse to implementing the feature?

[Rudy]

The OSX version of Tangled supports fullscreen

http://itunes.apple....502372911?mt=12

[crazzy88ss]

I don't understand the full screen thing...

I've a 27" screen and I want the whole screen to be Safari or Evernote?

What would you guys use it for?

[+Elliott]

crazzy88ss, on 10 April 2012 - 03:24, said:

I don't understand the full screen thing...

I've a 27" screen and I want the whole screen to be Safari or Evernote?

What would you guys use it for?

I don't use it when I'm using my Thunderbolt Display, but I love it when I'm using my 11" MBA screen.

[Miuku.]

crazzy88ss, on 10 April 2012 - 03:24, said:

I don't understand the full screen thing...

I've used virtual desktops for 20 years hence the full screen functionality in Lion fits me like a glove. Although I liked Spaces more.

[migo]

Elliott, on 10 April 2012 - 17:12, said:

I don't use it when I'm using my Thunderbolt Display, but I love it when I'm using my 11" MBA screen.

Same. Except I don't have a large external display at all.

[Rudy]

crazzy88ss, on 10 April 2012 - 03:24, said:

I don't understand the full screen thing...

I've a 27" screen and I want the whole screen to be Safari or Evernote?

What would you guys use it for?

I've never used fullscreen when I had my 27" iMac but it's pretty useful on smaller screens

[migo]

So I tried sparrow and it somehow messed up my IMAP account, I had to get it unlocked by tech support. So much for that.

[+Elliott]

migo, on 13 April 2012 - 05:20, said:

So I tried sparrow and it somehow messed up my IMAP account, I had to get it unlocked by tech support. So much for that.

If you're just using IMAP, you might as well just use Mail. It supports full-screen mode as well.

I use Sparrow because I exclusively use Gmail.

[neufuse]

migo, on 10 April 2012 - 01:16, said:

No full screen in CS6? Why are devs so averse to implementing the feature?

every since PS came to windows I've heard the excuse "PS is better on the mac because it doesn't use up the whole screen with that stupid MDI window"... now apple introduces full screen apps and people are complaining that CS6 isn't full screen

[Zoom7000]

Maximizer by chpwn will allow you to run all apps in full screen on Lion. I use it with Firefox and Chrome and it works extremely well.

[Manish]

As of Service Pack 2 (released yesterday), Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 supports full-screen mode.

[+Elliott]

neufuse, on 13 April 2012 - 14:42, said:

every since PS came to windows I've heard the excuse "PS is better on the mac because it doesn't use up the whole screen with that stupid MDI window"... now apple introduces full screen apps and people are complaining that CS6 isn't full screen

Sometimes I prefer a small Photoshop document window (like when I'm working with small asset files). Other times I want my document taking up the whole screen (like when I'm working with a website/UI mockup).

Pixelmator does it perfectly. If I want a small window and panels that just show and hide depending on application focus, Pixelmator does that. If I want a document to take up the whole screen (using Lion's full screen API), Pixelmator does that too.