On 16 Mar 2004 at 12:53, Phil Daley wrote:
> At 3/16/2004 12:37 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>
> >Yes, but in Finale, the Zoom ("maximize") button is effectively the
> >same as the Maximize button in Windows. In MacFinale, clicking the
> >Zoom button *always* causes the top left corner of the window to
> align >itself to the top left corner of the screen, and the window
> grows to >the maximum "acceptable" size for the OS -- regardless of
> the window's >current size and positioning, and regardless of the
> content of the >window. The Zoom button never causes Finale to
> display a window that >is only nine inches wide. (Unless it was like
> that before, and you hit >the button twice -- you are right that it
> is a toggle.)
>
> I was thinking of an MDI application when I was talking about
> "Maximizing" a document. That limits the document size to the size of
> the application.
>
> "Maximizing" an application is a totally different process, something
> I would never ever do. It would then take up the whole screen. I
> cannot ever imagine a circumstance when this would be something I
> would want to do.
Well, every person is obviously different, as not running maximized
is the *exception* for me, rather than the rule.
> That would cause a ton of slack space around the actual document
> contents.
Er, you're assuming the child documents of the application window are
*also* maximized.
Indeed, I run most of my programs with the app window maximized and
the child windows "mediumized" (i.e., in between minimized and
maximized). This is so that I can look at multiple child windows at
one time.
I spend most of my time working in MS Access, where the forms are
rather useless if they are all maximized.
I tend not to do this with Word, however, and certainly not with my
web browser -- those I run as a document windows that has the same
aspect ratio (more or less) as a sheet of paper.
Finale I run maximized with the child windows maximized. I hardly
ever have a need for multiple windows. About the only such time is
dealing with parts, or working with two parellel sections within a
single score.
Darcy wants Finale to work consistently with the OS on which it's
running, and I think that's a given, not even a point that should be
disputable -- Finale should have the standard behavior when creating
new windows that is defined for the OS on which Finale is running.
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
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