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Why don't Macs support multiple monitors?

by nasalter on 10/2/09, 12:51 PM with 6 comments

• by tumult on 10/2/09, 1:25 PM

  "Maybe if I make my title sensational enough, people will actually read my stupid blog post about a nitpick that most other people would probably consider to be a good design choice."

• by makecheck on 10/2/09, 8:08 PM

  I can see the point of the writer; but at the same time, if I was double-full-screening, as shown in the post's screenshots, I would choose to hide the menu bar too! (For instance, I can double-full-screen terminals, and set the menu bar to auto-hide.)

  If I'm not in pure full-screen mode, I actually find it distinctly un-Mac-like to force windows to use up every last pixel of space. That's kind of the point...the Mac's document-centered focus, ability to hide apps, use Exposé, and yes, menu bar, make it far easier to have 12 completely unrelated things open and use them effectively (compared to Windows and the Linux window managers I know about, anyway).

  One tidbit people might not notice, is that the OS lets windows "stick" to the top of the screen; this works both under the menu bar and under the top "edge" of your 2nd display. So it's pretty easy to arrange windows anyway.