Re:Google+ Redesigned
by ashark on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @03:21PM
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I'd bet a fair percentage of computer users are uncomfortable resizing windows and rarely/never resize. And a smaller but still significant set is probably unaware that it's possible or how to do it.
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Isn't the browser experience on Chrome OS pretty much full screen?
It is a windowed environment, same as any other.
Sure, but in practice I think the idea is you run the browser full screen most of the time.
Re:Google+ Redesigned
by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:25PM
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Huh? Chrome's fullscreen functionality is the same as any other browser's. And fullscreen hides tabs, so it's definitely not something you want to do most of the time.
No, it's by default a single window experience. You can get it to do standard, classical, utterly terrible overlapping windows. But it's not the default experience.
Not that it matters, really. Narrowing the field is just good practice for readability.
Re:Google+ Redesigned
by CamperBob2 on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @05:35PM
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Those people should be using tablets, not computers.
Edit: if you disagree, what the heck are you doing on a site called "Hacker News?" Comment, don't just vote.
Because you asked for reasons:
The context of this conversation is how a product should have been done. The devs that make that product want people to use it.
You're suggesting that they ignore part of that user base, based on a claim that people shouldn't browse the internet however is most convenient for them. E.g. by using a computer they already have instead of a tablet they might not. All parts of that reasoning are ridiculous.