Huh. I maximize most of my programs. They maximize in a separate desktop and I switch between them with three finger swipe.
Also noticed yesterday that you can tile windows left right by long-pressing on the maximize button.
Also noticed yesterday that you can tile windows left right by long-pressing on the maximize button.
That's full-screen, not maximised[1].
It's also something I hate - I make an app full-screen and suddenly it's on a different desktop, so my awareness of what apps are on which desktop is completely gone - I can no longer to ctrl-alt-right twice to get from my golang desktop to my browser desktop, I need to move away from my keyboard, lean over to the macbook and three-finger swipe.
As far as Apple are concerned, no one ever docks their MB into an external screen, keyboard and mouse. You're supposed to do all of your work squinting.
[1] Someone will no doubt correct me if I am using the wrong terms.
However, you can switch desktops with control + right/left arrow. No need for the trackpad.
Because I'm easily distracted, I frequently have all major applications maximized. That's how I always used Windows. Fortunately, I can have the same on the Mac. Maximized with the dock showing below and all apps on the same desktop. Full screen is a rarity for me.
Note: As I was writing this, I was making sure that I was right. I notice that it will allow me to ignore the animation sometimes, but i am not sure what triggers that.
One thing I miss from Leopard is the ability to put your spaces into a grid instead of a line; made for a bit more efficient switching between them.
[1]: The only exception which is pretty much always full-screen is my terminal. I use tmux for multitasking in that "space".
The green button is just a very ill-considered piece of functionality imho. I find window management on macOS too frustrating to tolerate without moom installed.