Re: fullscreen dockable apps?

[Derek Simkowiak <dereks animal blarg net>]

     This sounds more like a window manager issue.  But, maybe there is a
hint (or something) that a GNOME app could give out that says, "I like to
be maximized to the entire size of the desktop".  

Derek


On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, vertigo wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a little question/suggestion. I don't know if i'm saying something
> stupid or inappropriate since i'm not a gui-developer but merely a
> potential end-user :)
> 
> I was wondering if Gnome has/could have something like fullscreen dockable
> applications. 
> 
> When you aximize certain applications in Win95 or NT, they sort of
> completely dock on your desktop, making them totally fullscreen.
> It's a functionality i have really missed in X11 when i started paying
> attention to Linux. Maximizing a window in X11 doesn't feel the same, you
> still see the edges of the windows, and you're still able to move the
> window around, etc etc..
> 
> In win95 it really "clicks" solidly (sp?) in place, which in my opinion,
> works for some application types a lot better then all the toolbars and
> windows floating around on the avarage X desktop. If a similar feature
> would become available in Gnome it'd be pretty cool imho. I don't know the
> technical implications of such a thing though, it's just a suggestion from
> an end-user perspective for a feature that i would really like to see :)
> 
> Greetings, 
> Floris Kunert
> 
> 
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