Time to fess up, how do you primarily use windows in our Mac? Bonus points if you reply with a screenshot 📸
Wherever they appear, I don’t know
20.6%
Centered (think Apple marketing shot)
28.5%
Fullscreen (as big as you can make them)
21.4%
Tiled (in a grid, like taking up half the screen)
29.5%
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I primarily have the main window in its "optimal size" in the center, and some other windows scattered around in the “peripheral vision”. The Desktop has to be always a bit visible for drag and dropping stuff into/from it.
@rafa
Isn't that an insane waste of space? 🙊
Do you have a 48-inch monitor?

@havn @rafa I’d say it leverages the concept of negative space (or white space) which is an explicit “use” of the empty space to organize, highlight, categorize information or content.

My favorite example is a rest in music. A rest isn’t wasted space it’s an intentional separation, as much a part of the music as any of the notes.

So it goes for the margins around his windows here, the way they overlap (and don’t) and the way the files are organized on the desktop.

@NateBarham @havn you said it better than I ever could.

@rafa @NateBarham Air is nice - just like it is in a luxurious interior with lots of space. But I feel like I have too little (screen) real estate and too much crap I need space for. 😛

You could also say that I prioritise a slightly different luxury: Instead of having calming air _around_ the windows, I have more space _within_ the windows. 🤔

(But your setup looks nicer in pictures! ☺️)

@havn @rafa Mine looks more like that when I’m recording voice overs or an audiobook. But for day to day work, I’d find it pretty claustrophobic.

I guess we’re all good examples for why Apple has so many ways to manage windows! 🤓

@NateBarham @rafa Haha, yeah.
It's interesting, because I would find having smaller windows (to get more air) to be the thing that's claustrophobic! ☺️