Fit-to-Content

modestmelody · 05-26-2007

I've been wondering for quite sometime-- is fit-to-content versus maximize possible on Linux (or even in addition to)? I use two monitors on my desktop but really would like to go back to using one much larger monitor. The issue is that I can't see doing this without an easy, "Fit-to-content" ability like that on OSX. Who needs Firefox to be open across a 23" + monitor? I want to be able to see the 6 or 7 things (well maybe not quite as many) that I could with two monitors all at once, easily, without resizing everything all the time. It seems that no one has written up anything to do this for Linux or Windows (in a couple of quick search engine queries). Is there a reason that in our world of Mac OSX themes and imitators that no one hsa thought to port this useful feature to another platform?

Extreme Coder · 05-27-2007

Not sure I get your idea here, but you mean you want the window to automatically resize itself so there's no scrollbars needed? Maybe you have some screenshot/link to make yourself clearer.

Extreme Coder

modestmelody · 05-27-2007

Have you ever used a Mac Extreme Coder? There is essentially no way to maximize a Window to fit across the entire screen. The maximize button, instead, serves to set the Window at the width necessary to display all the content in the Window (a webpage like this appears to be about 600 pixels, maybe more, I don't know as well on my laptop), and then the necessary vertical (often, the whole screen, but sometimes not).

It's unique to MacOS and has been for quite sometime.

05-26-2007	#1 (permalink)
modestmelody Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Providence, RI/Long Island, NY Posts: 88	Fit-to-Content I've been wondering for quite sometime-- is fit-to-content versus maximize possible on Linux (or even in addition to)? I use two monitors on my desktop but really would like to go back to using one much larger monitor. The issue is that I can't see doing this without an easy, "Fit-to-content" ability like that on OSX. Who needs Firefox to be open across a 23" + monitor? I want to be able to see the 6 or 7 things (well maybe not quite as many) that I could with two monitors all at once, easily, without resizing everything all the time. It seems that no one has written up anything to do this for Linux or Windows (in a couple of quick search engine queries). Is there a reason that in our world of Mac OSX themes and imitators that no one hsa thought to port this useful feature to another platform?

05-27-2007	#2 (permalink)
Extreme Coder ^_^; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo,Egypt Posts: 1,203	Re: Fit-to-Content Not sure I get your idea here, but you mean you want the window to automatically resize itself so there's no scrollbars needed? Maybe you have some screenshot/link to make yourself clearer. Extreme Coder

05-27-2007	#3 (permalink)
modestmelody Discussion starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Providence, RI/Long Island, NY Posts: 88	Re: Fit-to-Content Have you ever used a Mac Extreme Coder? There is essentially no way to maximize a Window to fit across the entire screen. The maximize button, instead, serves to set the Window at the width necessary to display all the content in the Window (a webpage like this appears to be about 600 pixels, maybe more, I don't know as well on my laptop), and then the necessary vertical (often, the whole screen, but sometimes not). It's unique to MacOS and has been for quite sometime.