Studio 6.1.1 & OS X UI guidelines regarding window 'zooming'

[Mike Matthews]

Possibly, but don't make it too easy, make them climb all over you first; oh, I see, he already is.. :)

I have Doug working in tech support now, No2 son, and he is nipping at my heels on many days about this and that.  I might even be getting to middle age I think, grumpy.

Lets see them all at EurOmnis 2015 then.

Mike




Mike Matthews,
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On 4 Mar 2015, at 16:30, Michael Monschau <michael at brainydata.co.uk> wrote:

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> BTW, I discovered who told me (typical), it was Perry. Because I was annoyed and moaning about the new zoom button behaviour, he googled it and found out about the alt-key trick. Perhaps it is time to move aside to the young ones.
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> Michael
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>> On 4 Mar 2015, at 10:50, Mike Matthews <omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:
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>> And my Old Age wisdom keeps me on 10.8 so I keep those odd artefacts from appearing. :)
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>> I'll ask Will though, as he suffers these odd rectangles on his O$5.2 with OSX10.10
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>> Mike
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>> Mike Matthews,
>> Managing Director, SQLWorks Software Ltd
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>> Tel: +44 (0)1271 375999
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>> Email: mike.matthews at sqlworks.co.uk
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>> Web: www.sqlworks.co.uk
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>> SQLWorks replaces Sage, ACT!, Opera, Access, SAP
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>> On 4 Mar 2015, at 10:34, Michael Monschau <michael at brainydata.co.uk> wrote:
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>>> Hi Mike,
>>> 
>>> As far as I am aware no. I cannot see anything in the Accessibility settings or other system settings that would effect the behaviour of the window’s zoom button (which in 10.10. has become the windows full-screen mode button).
>>> 
>>> I think someone told me about holding down the alt-key fairly recently, but I do not remember who, so I cannot give credit where credit is due.
>>> Although I could be constructing this memory as my self-doubt may be telling me that I could not have figured it out by my self. 
>>> 
>>> Ahhhhh, old age.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Michael
>>> 
>>> Michael Monschau (Director)
>>> Brainy Data Limited
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>>>> On 2 Mar 2015, at 16:53, Mike Matthews <omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>> Is that part of the Accesibility settings for the zoom feature?  I set the F12 key  to this, but it only digitally zooms, not proper scaled, so you see the FatBits.
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
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>>>> 
>>>> Mike Matthews,
>>>> Managing Director, SQLWorks Software Ltd
>>>> 
>>>> Tel: +44 (0)1271 375999
>>>> 
>>>> Email: mike.matthews at sqlworks.co.uk
>>>> 
>>>> Web: www.sqlworks.co.uk
>>>> 
>>>> SQLWorks replaces Sage, ACT!, Opera, Access, SAP
>>>> 
>>>> On 2 Mar 2015, at 15:47, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com> wrote:
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>>>>> No I did not know that little publicised fact :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the ip !
>>>>> 
>>>>> Andy
>>>>> 
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>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Michael Monschau <michael at brainydata.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just in case you did not know. If you hold down the alt key while clicking the zoom button, it zooms as before.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michael Monschau (Director)
>>>>>> Brainy Data Limited
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Reply To: michael at brainydata.co.uk
>>>>>> Phone: +44 (0)870 474 0708
>>>>>> Web: www.brainydata.co.uk the home of Omnis Components and Developer Services
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>>>>>>> On 27 Feb 2015, at 03:13, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Couldn’t agree more - I hate that full screen stuff, it just gets in the way
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 26, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Bryan Brodie <brb at appimatic.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thank you Mitford House for NOT following Apple's useless interface
>>>>>>>> guidelines in your latest Studio update.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Specifically, I'm pleased that clicking the green 'dot' in an open window
>>>>>>>> does NOT zoom the entire desktop (three desktops in my specific case) into
>>>>>>>> single application view mode.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm hoping this continues to be the case for future updates.
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