▲ 194 ▼ Opinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experience (www.youtube.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments Spoiler: GNOME wins Btw their GNOME Theme manager is here
[–] kalleboo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) They changed that to appeal to Windows users, people who were raised on Windows are absolutely obsessed with full screening everything for some reason permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) What's wrong with fullscreen? I can't imagine coding in a small window when you have the whole screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think he is talking about how the default is full screen instead of maximize window. Full screen meaning the entire screen with no application and system bar visible and maximized window meaning taking the whole space but still showing the application and system bar. Anecdotally I have seen many more mac users doing stuff in a small window than windows or linux users. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I think I get your explanation but I rarely see people in windows using fullscreen (videos and games don't count ofc), windowed mode is the default so I don't get the comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's very true on a Mac. Almost every time you click the green button, it jumps to full screen and then you can't drag another window on top of it. It's a pain in the arse because my workflow is to have a reading screen with documents and emails on, and a work screen with whatever I'm actually doing. But if outlook is full screen, you can't drag any other windows on top of it. Don't know why the first guy was saying this is a Windows thing though. I only run onto it on macs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I specifically said anecdotlly. Your experience and my experience a not representative of anything. Also that is only a small portion of my comment and was meant more a a sidenote. We were also not talking about windowed mode at all here. It was specifically about what happens when you press the green window control button, which as far as I know puts the app in fullscreen on macos and the equivalent on any other OS known to me is to maximize the window. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for explaining, I was really confused there permalink fedilink source parent [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 2 years ago The difference is fullscreen vs maximized window. The former hides the dock and panel permalink fedilink source parent [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Mac OS from the very start has been about opening (and then stacking windows) on top of other windows. The entire OS has been built around it since 1.0. Once you accept that’s how it works it’s UI/UX makes a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago Tiling window manager users: nervous glance permalink fedilink source parent
[–] embed_me@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) What's wrong with fullscreen? I can't imagine coding in a small window when you have the whole screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think he is talking about how the default is full screen instead of maximize window. Full screen meaning the entire screen with no application and system bar visible and maximized window meaning taking the whole space but still showing the application and system bar. Anecdotally I have seen many more mac users doing stuff in a small window than windows or linux users. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I think I get your explanation but I rarely see people in windows using fullscreen (videos and games don't count ofc), windowed mode is the default so I don't get the comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's very true on a Mac. Almost every time you click the green button, it jumps to full screen and then you can't drag another window on top of it. It's a pain in the arse because my workflow is to have a reading screen with documents and emails on, and a work screen with whatever I'm actually doing. But if outlook is full screen, you can't drag any other windows on top of it. Don't know why the first guy was saying this is a Windows thing though. I only run onto it on macs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I specifically said anecdotlly. Your experience and my experience a not representative of anything. Also that is only a small portion of my comment and was meant more a a sidenote. We were also not talking about windowed mode at all here. It was specifically about what happens when you press the green window control button, which as far as I know puts the app in fullscreen on macos and the equivalent on any other OS known to me is to maximize the window. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for explaining, I was really confused there permalink fedilink source parent [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 2 years ago The difference is fullscreen vs maximized window. The former hides the dock and panel permalink fedilink source parent [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Mac OS from the very start has been about opening (and then stacking windows) on top of other windows. The entire OS has been built around it since 1.0. Once you accept that’s how it works it’s UI/UX makes a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think he is talking about how the default is full screen instead of maximize window. Full screen meaning the entire screen with no application and system bar visible and maximized window meaning taking the whole space but still showing the application and system bar. Anecdotally I have seen many more mac users doing stuff in a small window than windows or linux users. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I think I get your explanation but I rarely see people in windows using fullscreen (videos and games don't count ofc), windowed mode is the default so I don't get the comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's very true on a Mac. Almost every time you click the green button, it jumps to full screen and then you can't drag another window on top of it. It's a pain in the arse because my workflow is to have a reading screen with documents and emails on, and a work screen with whatever I'm actually doing. But if outlook is full screen, you can't drag any other windows on top of it. Don't know why the first guy was saying this is a Windows thing though. I only run onto it on macs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I specifically said anecdotlly. Your experience and my experience a not representative of anything. Also that is only a small portion of my comment and was meant more a a sidenote. We were also not talking about windowed mode at all here. It was specifically about what happens when you press the green window control button, which as far as I know puts the app in fullscreen on macos and the equivalent on any other OS known to me is to maximize the window. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for explaining, I was really confused there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] embed_me@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I think I get your explanation but I rarely see people in windows using fullscreen (videos and games don't count ofc), windowed mode is the default so I don't get the comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's very true on a Mac. Almost every time you click the green button, it jumps to full screen and then you can't drag another window on top of it. It's a pain in the arse because my workflow is to have a reading screen with documents and emails on, and a work screen with whatever I'm actually doing. But if outlook is full screen, you can't drag any other windows on top of it. Don't know why the first guy was saying this is a Windows thing though. I only run onto it on macs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I specifically said anecdotlly. Your experience and my experience a not representative of anything. Also that is only a small portion of my comment and was meant more a a sidenote. We were also not talking about windowed mode at all here. It was specifically about what happens when you press the green window control button, which as far as I know puts the app in fullscreen on macos and the equivalent on any other OS known to me is to maximize the window. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's very true on a Mac. Almost every time you click the green button, it jumps to full screen and then you can't drag another window on top of it. It's a pain in the arse because my workflow is to have a reading screen with documents and emails on, and a work screen with whatever I'm actually doing. But if outlook is full screen, you can't drag any other windows on top of it. Don't know why the first guy was saying this is a Windows thing though. I only run onto it on macs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sekki@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago I specifically said anecdotlly. Your experience and my experience a not representative of anything. Also that is only a small portion of my comment and was meant more a a sidenote. We were also not talking about windowed mode at all here. It was specifically about what happens when you press the green window control button, which as far as I know puts the app in fullscreen on macos and the equivalent on any other OS known to me is to maximize the window. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Thanks for explaining, I was really confused there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 2 years ago The difference is fullscreen vs maximized window. The former hides the dock and panel permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Mac OS from the very start has been about opening (and then stacking windows) on top of other windows. The entire OS has been built around it since 1.0. Once you accept that’s how it works it’s UI/UX makes a lot more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago Tiling window manager users: nervous glance permalink fedilink source parent