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0 pointswyclif4y ago0 comments

Apple calls the green button “zoom” in their documentation, but its default function is fullscreen, not zoom.

I've always found that a bit disorienting. I guess Apple just decided that "zoom" is better as a name because it's one short word instead of two.

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knolan4y ago

Yes, they switched the behaviour shortly after they added the full screen mode merging it with a separate full screen icon they had introduced. The old behaviour is retained by option clicking the green button. It's annoying and I wish they kept it as was.

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